Our things literary.
Reverend Joe Cobb recently stepped down as the pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge after nearly eight years with the congregation. This month he’ll legally marry his partner James. He’s co-written a memoir, Our Family Outing: A Memoir of Coming Out and Coming Through, with his former spouse, Reverend Leigh Anne Taylor. And he says another… Continue reading ★ Rev. Joe Cobb writes the next chapter
Roanoke Valley Christian Writers (RVCW) is a well organized and active group. In the four years since it was founded by Barbara Baranowski, membership has grown to 30 members. To give insight to the group’s success and what new members can expect, we went a little deeper with Barbara and group member Rev. John Carroll.… Continue reading ★ GET WRITING: A growing community of support at Roanoke Valley Christian Writers
The second newsletter is out. Catch new opportunities in the June update: civic club presentations, book group SWAG, and more that you can do to build BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke.
Memories of summer mornings at the library can last a lifetime. The blast of cool air at the door forced back summer humidity. Then there was the comforting smell of the collected books. And how about the anticipation you felt as you left the check-out desk, books in hand. Kids all over are having the same… Continue reading ★ Summer at the Salem Public Library
While not locked away as tightly as Mrs. Craven's garden at Misselthwaite Manor, the summer season of the Hollins program in Children's Literature and Children's Book Illustration offers a rich and underappreciated opportunity for the community. With more than a dozen literary events spanning the six weeks from June 19 to July 28, locals can fashion their own free children's book… Continue reading ★ Roanoke’s secret garden: A summer of children’s literature at Hollins
Reynolds Homestead will host Ibby Greer for a Wednesday, June 7, author talk. Elizabeth Taylor Greer will discuss her late husband's legal history, The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 (2002). Greer edited the work. And she’s done a whole lot more. For a quick sample, we checked in with the Roanoke resident, a woman of words… Continue reading ★ Moonshine Widow Ibby Greer
Head to Tanglewood Mall this weekend for the semi-annual book sale benefitting the scholarship fund of the Roanoke Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Sending young women to college is a good cause, and you'll leave with a new stack of affordable books for your bedside table. The quantity and selection… Continue reading ★ AAUW book sale this weekend
The June theme: City Lights and Nights Sign up to read. Mark your calendar to attend. This edition of Words3 will take place at the RSO Green Room on Campbell Avenue. (Look for the musical crosswalk.) If you’re interested in reading, use the form below to contact organizer Cara Ellen Modisett. Some details…no more than 6 […]
Katherine Devine is interested in getting some folks together to discuss The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Johnathan Haidt. The book has shaped a great deal of conversation about how we work together through our differences. From Rebecca Litchfield’s review in the London School of Economics Review of Books: “Audacious… what […]
Frances Curtis Barnhart's The Beauty of Impermanence: A Woman's Memoir is not a memoir for women only. "Men like it, too," she says. "It applies to all of us in this time of uncertainty and stormy transition. So the time felt right to tell a story of personal transformation. "My journey has been wild with… Continue reading ★ The Beauty of Impermanence: Barnhart memoir nominated
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