ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Asheville’s most famous writer will be hosting two of his contemporaries this weekend. At least, in spirit.

Dr. Tom Hearron, president of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Committee, will host “Asheville’s Doomed Duo: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald,” a presentation on the difficult lives of the Jazz Age duo, beginning at 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 7 at Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market St.

The free event will cover the anxieties, difficulties and troubles the bohemian couple faced. It will be held in person and over Zoom. People interested in accessing the event remotely should email thomaswolfememorial@gmail.com for the link.

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Thomas Wolfe Memorial site manager Kayla Seay mentioned a couple of the items Hearron might touch upon.

“I would have to say it would probably cover a lot of the anxiety that F. Scott Fitzgerald felt writing. Writing didn’t come quite as easily to him as it did to Thomas Wolfe, who wrote a lot. 10,000 words a day could be a slow day for Wolfe. Fitzgerald kind of had to fight a little bit harder for his content,” Seay shared. “I think a lot of it had to do too with the stresses of money and, of course, Zelda, who was not in the best health or mental health.”

The Fitzgeralds, Seay said, had many problems in addition to their great successes. The “Great Gatsby” author struggled with writer’s block and alcoholism as well as the couple’s marital difficulties.

The talk comes in lieu of Zelda Week, an annual event spotlighting the Fitzgeralds.

“We wanted to talk a little bit about F. Scott and Zelda’s time here in Asheville because there is that tangential connection with Thomas Wolfe,” Seay explained. “But also, we’re kind of remembering Zelda Week, which used to happen here in Asheville for several years. It was a little bit of a Covid casualty and kind of hard to get off the ground in the years following that. But we always remember Zelda in early mid-March since that’s when she sadly passed away in Asheville.”

Zelda Fitzgerald was one of several women who died in the Highland Hospital Fire of 1948. For more about her story, read 828newsNOW historian Jacob Vander-Weide’s account of the tale here.

For more information about the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, visit www.wolfememorial.com.