Summary: This week we present a special double-sized podcast episode in tribute to West Virginia Writers founder Shirley Young Campbell, who passed away August 17, 2009. For this special episode, we interview Kirk Judd, Dr. Barbara Smith and Dolly Withrow, each counted among the charter members of WV Writers and longtime friends of Mrs. Campbell. We speak to them about Mrs. Campbell's many accomplishments in promoting the writing and writers of WV, her role as a catalyst in the creation of West Virginia Writers, Inc., her co-founding of Mountain State Press, her own writing and many publications, what she was like as a person, and her role in mentoring many of the finest writers of our state and beyond. Many thanks to Phyllis Wilson Moore for her tremendous help in the research for this podcast.
