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Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist (Back Bay Books, 2016) has been selected as the 2018 Roanoke Valley Read. Author Sunil Yapa will visit Roanoke October 4-6 to read from and discuss the book at Hollins University. He will also participate in Cityworks X(po), presenting a talk on "Radical Empathy." Community… Continue reading ★ YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST selected as 2018 Roanoke Valley Read
Roanoke Valley Reads is a month away, so it's a great time to purchase and read a copy of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air. The book is available at the Blue Ridge Literacy offices on the lower level of Roanoke's Main Library. Here are some of the events being planned: Thursday, Oct. 12, 7 PM, Hollins… Continue reading ★ Dates for your calendar: Roanoke Valley Reads
Roanoke Valley Reads' 2017 signature event, Finding Life in the Face of Death will take place on Wednesday, November 1, from 7 - 9 PM in Blue Ridge Literacy auditorium in the downtown Roanoke Main Library. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Thomas Milam, a psychiatrist with Carilion. Chaplains from two area hospices will be joined by hospice… Continue reading ★ Roanoke Valley Reads Signature Event Nov. 1
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