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Issue 24 of Ecotone, the journal of place-based writing, features the work of former Roanoke resident Martha E. Park. In her stay, Park immersed herself in Roanoke and the historic Gainsboro community, and her new illustrated work is a result of close study during that period. To mark the publication, Martha told us a little about… Continue reading ★ Martha Park renders a community
In a BOOK CITY, we each have a voice. We use it to connect, to advocate, to share, to teach, and to question. We do this with words on paper, with some of that writing getting polished up into printed form. And now that we have a responsive local book store that emphasizes the work of… Continue reading ★ On local voices and local support at Book No Further
WVTF's Luke Church spent some time with What I Found in a Thousand Towns author Dar Williams discussing both the book and her music. Catch up on the conversations using the links below. ★ Author brings 'Positive Proximity' to Roanoke (Dec. 11). ★ Facebook Live performance of a favorite holiday song by Dar Williams. ★ Roots Down… Continue reading ★ WVTF’s Luke Church / Dar Williams interview includes performance
Join Bryan Hancock and the Soul Sessions family on Wednesday, December 20, for a potluck, spoken word performances, and music by Jane Gabrielle of Radar Rose. Sign ups begin at 7:45 for performers and for this seasonal Soul Sessions, holiday themed poetry is welcomed. Soul Sessions is located in downtown Roanoke at 16 West Marketplace… Continue reading ★ Seasonal Soul: Final Soul Sessions of 2017 Wednesday
https://www.facebook.com/BookCityRoanoke/videos/284907902031590/ Click above to watch Beth Macy and Dar Williams in conversation on the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke stage. The event was sold out, but you don't have to miss a moment. Special thanks to production team lead Denise Allen Membreno at New Moon Creative Media. Learn more about Dar Williams and What I Found in a Thousand… Continue reading ★ Dar Williams and Beth Macy from the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke Stage
Thanks, Casey Fabris, Heather Rousseau, and Tad Dickens for terrific Roanoke Times coverage of the Finding Roanoke series and Dar Williams' What I Found in a Thousand Towns. Can you imagine what our community would be like without The Roanoke Times? Talk about building community in a BOOK CITY! I have to step out of… Continue reading ★ Roanoke Times features Finding Roanoke
Artemis Journal wraps up 2016 with a poetry reading on the Hollins Campus this Thursday, December 7. Join Hollins Faculty, Artemis poets and a community of readers and writers in the Wyndham Robertson Library on the Hollins Campus. Readers include Judy Ayyildiz, Josh Barkan, Maurice Ferguson, Cathy Hankla, Susan Hankla, Charlotte Morgan, Pauline Pauley and Elizabeth… Continue reading ★ Artemis Hollins fall poetry reading Thursday, 12/7
Finding Roanoke! Can't wait for next week's Positive Proximity conversation with Dar Williams and Beth Macy? Get a preview in this CityWorks' Big Ideas for Better Places conversation. Brad Stephens interviewed Dar Williams on the occasion of September's release of What I Found in a Thousand Towns. The result is an engaging, enlightening conversation and just… Continue reading ★ Big Ideas for Better Places Podcast featuring Dar Williams
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