Our things literary.
Longtime journalist Mary Carter Bishop has published a memoir, deploying her reporter's eye on the subject of her own family in Don't You Ever: My Mother and Her Secret Son (Harper, 2018). Bishop, well known to longtime readers of the Roanoke Times & World News, was named a Pulitzer finalist and awarded a George Polk award… Continue reading ★ Mary Carter Bishop on the publication of her memoir, DON’T YOU EVER
Writers gather monthly at Eagle Rock Library to focus on the craft of memoir. While the group is currently on a summer hiatus, they’ll have room for another few writers as they get rolling again in September. Susan Mason hosts the group, and she offered a little background on the group as a little encouragement. BOOK… Continue reading ★ Susan Mason hosts Loose Threads memoir group at Eagle Rock Library
In honor of Pride month, Dr. Gregory Rosenthal offers a list of five books for better understanding LGBTQ+ experiences. Most are available for reading at the Roanoke LGBT Memorial Library, located inside the Roanoke Diversity Center. First, a little background: Dr. Rosenthal, an assistant professor of public history at Roanoke College, co-founded the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+… Continue reading ★ FIVE ON: LGBTQ+ experiences from public historian Gregory Rosenthal
The New Connections Book Club will meet on Thursday, June 28, to discuss Parker J. Palmer's Healing the Heart of Democracy. Thanks to Roanoke Public Libraries, which will provide the Teen Meeting Room of the Main Library for the 6 PM gathering. This book group is open to all, and it's a bit self organizing.… Continue reading ★ Reminder: Healing the Heart of Democracy discussion this Thursday
It's summer reading time! Gather with neighbors across the county to discuss a favorite book, or choose one of these books to expand your reading list and meet new people. Of course, branches of the Roanoke County Public Library have a lot more happening beyond the book shelves. For the full list of activities, check… Continue reading ★ Summer Books at Roanoke County Libraries
Shenandoah Valley author Elizabeth Catte will appear Tuesday evening, June 12, at 7 PM at the Glenvar Branch of the Roanoke County Library. Catte received attention this year for What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia (Belt Publishing, 2018). The work does a fine job of using Appalachian history, demographics and personal reflection to provide a… Continue reading ★ Elizabeth Catte at Glenvar Library June 12
The New Connections Book Club will meet on Thursday, June 28, to discuss Parker J. Palmer's Healing the Heart of Democracy. Thanks to Roanoke Public Libraries, which will provide the Teen Meeting Room of the Main Library for the 6 PM gathering. This book group is open to all, and it's a bit self organizing.… Continue reading ★ New Connections Book Club – Thursday, June 28, 6 PM – Roanoke Main Library
The annual Harvest Reading featuring the faculty of the Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University will be held on Thursday, November 29th, at 7 PM. This year's readers: T.J. Anderson, III Karen E. Bender Cathryn Hankla Pauline Kaldas Jeanne Larsen Marilyn Moriarty Julie Pfeiffer Elizabeth Poliner Robert Anthony Siegel A $10 entry donation… Continue reading ★ Nov. 29 Writers’ Harvest Reading to benefit Feeding America Southwest Virginia
Okay book lovers, if, for some unfathomable reason, you haven't crossed the threshold of Virginia Design Collective; if you still aren't aware of their locally, regionally, and Virginia made art at an affordable price; if you haven't signed up for one of shopkeeper Ariel Lev's cool classes or events, now's your chance. A reading, it… Continue reading ★ Authors to read at Virginia Design Collective Thursday 5/24
Some of Roanoke’s favorite placemakers and city builders are taking a literary brush to Wasena’s commercial district. The project will cover a wall of the Wasena Getty Mart (1115 Main Street, SW), paying tribute to local poet Maurice Ferguson. Ferguson is literary editor of Artemis Journal, and has long encouraged new voices and an active… Continue reading ★ Poetry and life in a creative community. Contribute to Wasena’s Mockingbird Mural Project today.
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