INSTRUCTOR HIGHLIGHT: Florence Dore is a Nashville-born, North Carolina-based independent singer/songwriter and academic, whose latest album, Highways and Rocketships, was released by Propellor Recordings in 2022. She is a professor in UNC-Chapel Hill’s department of English, where she teaches courses in songwriting, creative writing, and fiction. She is also the editor of the recently released Ink in the Grooves, which includes her interviews with various singer/songwriters, including Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle. Dore organized a public conference on rock and literature at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017; she currently sits on the advisory board for the Bob Dylan Institute. We are thrilled that she is a part of our workshop this year! #athensga #VicChesnuttAward #songwriter #vicchesnutt