Reading and writing in the heart of Virginia.
Information
- Location:
- Charlottesville, VA
CvilleWords
Source: cvillewords.com
In this exquisitely wrought memoir of a committed life, historian and civil rights activist Paul Gaston reveals his deep roots in the unique utopian community founded in 1894 by his grandfather and later led by his father.
Source: cvillewords.com
My review of A Better Pencil by Dennis Baron is now up at the Internet Review of Books, with the teaser, “What’s better than a nice No. 2?”
CvilleWords O, Poe!
Source: cvillewords.com
I had a fun assignment last Friday — recording Edgar Allan Poe at the Jefferson Society. I’ve been a Poe fan forever. Here’s the post and recording from Charlottesville Podcasting Network:
CvilleWords Plenty of reading and writing events coming up in the next few weeks. Remember, you can subscribe to my Google calendar and get an up-to-date feed daily.
Source: cvillewords.com
“Along Eisenhower Drive, as far as the eye could see, the grave markers formed into bone-white brigades, climbed from the flats of the Potomac River, and scattered over the green Virginia hills in perfect order. ...
CvilleWords Check out the details at the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
Source: cvillewords.com
Singer / Songwriter Terri Allard and best-selling author Rita Mae Brown will be among the judges in the fourth annual First Amendment Writes, a poetry and songwriting contest organized by the Music Resource ...
CvilleWords On Wednesday, October 28 (5:30 PM), New Dominion Bookshop will host two authors, Dylan Landis, presenting selections from Normal People Don’t Live Like This, and Joanna Smith Rakoff, presenting selections from A Fortunate Age.
Source: cvillewords.com
On Wednesday, October 28 (5:30 PM), New Dominion Bookshop will host two authors, Dylan Landis, presenting selections from Normal People Don’t Live Like This, and Joanna Smith Rakoff, presenting selections from A Fortunate Age.
CvilleWords
If you’ve wanted to take a class but couldn’t commit to an eight-week
schedule, here’s your chance to dip your foot into one element at a
time. In this WriterHouse seminar, Instructor Andrew Ewell will show you how to
navigate the thickets of your story.
Source: cvillewords.com
If you’ve wanted to take a class but couldn’t commit to an eight-week schedule, here’s your chance to dip your foot into one element at a time. In this seminar, Instructor Andrew Ewell will show you how to navigate the thickets of your story. ...
CvilleWords If you’re a writer, and you live within a 50-mile radius of Charlottesville, can I just assume I’ll be seeing you at WriterHouse in October? I know I’m going to be there…
Source: cvillewords.com
If you’re a writer, and you live within a 50-mile radius of Charlottesville, can I just assume I’ll be seeing you at WriterHouse in October? I know I’m going to be there…
CvilleWords On Friday September 25, authors Clifford Garstang and Josh Weil read from their new books at the New Dominion Bookshop in downtown Charlottesville. Garstang read a selection from his collection of short stories, In an Uncharted Country.
Source: cvillewords.com
On Friday September 25, authors Clifford Garstang and Josh Weil read from their new books at the New Dominion Bookshop in downtown Charlottesville. Garstang read a selection from his collection of short stories, In an Uncharted Country. ...
CvilleWords
What if your best friend, whom you’ve always counted on to flail around
in love and luck, suddenly starts to surpass you in every way?
Source: cvillewords.com
What if your best friend, whom you’ve always counted on to flail around in love and luck, suddenly starts to surpass you in every way?
CvilleWords Kelly happens to be in the news today; the Washington Post featured her in an article about author self-promotion. Listen to her presentation and learn why she has become a popular speaker and a best-selling author. (Hint: Sing-alongs.)
Source: cvillewords.com
Kelly Corrigan, author of The Middle Place, spoke to an audience at the New Dominion Bookshop on September 15, 2009. She was joined by her father George (”Greenie”) and his brother Gene, who figure largely in her memoir of childhood, adulthood, and the places in-between.
CvilleWords
On Thursday, September 24, come hear Josh Weil speak
on “The Renegade Form” at WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave., Charlottesville
(behind the Preston Avenue Bodo’s). The program will begin at 7pm.
Source: cvillewords.com
CvilleWords The BookBalloon Reading club will follow its discussion of Mrs. Bridge with a close look at Connell’s masterful collection of essays, The Aztec Treasure House. Join us in October. Registration is free.
Source: cvillewords.com
The BookBalloon Reading club will follow its discussion of Mrs. Bridge with a close look at Connell’s masterful collection of essays, The Aztec Treasure House. Join us in October. Registration is free.
CvilleWords
I saw:
Who: Charlottesville author and activist David Swanson
With: A boxful of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union
Where: The Downtown Mall
When: Monday morning bright and early
Source: cvillewords.com
CvilleWords
The Book Festival is about six months away, but preparations are well in hand. Tickets for special events go on sale September 24!
(Yes, the logo is for last year's festival...new logo is coming soon.)
Source: cvillewords.com
The Book Festival is about six months away, but preparations are well in hand. Tickets for special events go on sale September 24!
