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A&E Book Club: Three books to read this month

By Lauren Whitlock | October 1, 2020

Check out our three picks for the October edition of the A&E Book Club. 

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A&E Book Club: Three books to read this month

By Robin Schwartzkopf | May 3, 2020

Check out one — or all — of these three books the Arts and Entertainment staff have picked for our monthly book club. 

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Books to read while you’re lonely in quarantine

By Leah Erwin | April 17, 2020

If social distancing also has you missing your friends in Charlottesville, dreaming of Shenandoah Park or even just longing to be somewhere else, here are five books that are awesome little escapes to work into your days at home.

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A&E Book Club: Three books to read this month

By Kate Granruth | April 6, 2020

April showers bring May flowers, and even though we will have to admire those eventual flowers from a safe distance while self-isolating, we can outlast April showers by curling up with a good book and a hot drink.

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In compliment of Cristina Rivera Garza

By Elliot Van Noy | February 27, 2020

Cristina Rivera Garza’s writing embodies the experience of fully entering a landscape’s soul.

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A&E Book Club: Three books to read this month

By Robin Schwartzkopf | February 26, 2020

As the weather hopefully gets warmer, what better way to spend a self-care afternoon than with a new book?

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Poetry school with Aracelis Girmay

By Joanna Ashley Clark | February 6, 2020

Girmay speaks in music. There is no way to listen to or read her poems and not immediately be wrapped within a world of promise, heartache, longing and loss.

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A&E Book Club: Three books to read this month

By Caitlin Woodford | January 29, 2020

As the first few weeks of classes wind down and the mountains of textbook readings pile up, why not take a break from that political theory book you don’t want to read and dive into some new and exciting books?

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Storytellers react to and interact with the Central American refugee crisis

By Elliot Van Noy | November 15, 2019

The U.Va. Centro de las Americas Fall Symposium was an interdisciplinary dive into the framework surrounding migrants fleeing Central America and a view at the compelling documentation of movement, strife and hope.

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Ann Beattie succeeds in pleasing writing crowd

By Elliot Van Noy | October 27, 2019

One-time University professor Ann Beattie shared her short fiction in an Old Cabell reading and masterclass with MFA students and creative writing undergraduates. 

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Book launch, documentary screening will celebrate Toni Morrison’s legacy, memory

By Dan Goff | October 14, 2019

“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” will be screened on Wednesday, Oct. 16 in the Newcomb Hall Theater at 5 p.m. A panel and book signing will follow.

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The testimony of Álvaro Enrigue and his archive

By Elliot Van Noy | September 26, 2019

Álvaro Enrigue won’t just change your mind, he’ll flip it around and peel back all it knew, salt it and serve it with a shot of confused delight.

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Lauren Camp is a poet defining place

By Ashley Clark | May 10, 2019

Lauren Camp will be in the Shenandoah Valley for 11 days, starting with a reading at New Dominion Bookshop May 11.

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Stories about stories: Three authors share their work and speak about their craft

By Sydney Bradley | March 29, 2019

At the crux of the conversation that carried into the night was the authors’ craft — and its relationship to their own stories.