She lives there with her stonemason husband, Eric. These days Gilchrist-Young calls the Village of Forest Hills in Cullowhee home. Sylva has approved a zoning map amendment request in order to allow for the possible… “It’s home here,” says Coward, nodding in ready understanding as to why a writer would choose The Coffee Shop over some of the town’s more uptown, upscale café options. A cup of coffee costs $1.25 at The Coffee Shop, including a refill a side of apple, cherry, coconut, lemon or chocolate pie adds $2.50 to the tab. “The Tender Branch” is this year’s winner of the High School Teachers Writing Award from the Norman Mailer Center.Įach morning, for two or so hours, The Coffee Shop customers such as Teresa Coward would notice the slim, studious-looking woman in one of the café’s bright orange-plastic booths, drinking cups of coffee with cream. One short story is now garnering national attention. It is here, in this 84-year-old, family owned, down-home restaurant strategically positioned near Sylva’s paper plant, Jackson Paper Manufacturing, that the Swain County native writes much of her work. Though perhaps it’s not exactly the moveable feast Ernest Hemingway discovered in the cafés of Paris, the ambiance of The Coffee Shop in Sylva suits local writer Dawn Gilchrist-Young just fine.
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