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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.

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Diverse voices striving for even more diversity

By Loree Seitz | March 29, 2019

 The discussion opened with a simple question — what is LGBTQI fiction?  

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“The Power of Graphic Novels” lies in the hands of illustrator and reader

By Ria Sardesai | March 27, 2019

“The Power of Graphic Novels” was an event that showed that graphic novels are the perfect gateway to attaining visual literacy.

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Dystopian novels reflect our current milieu

By Joseph Riley | March 26, 2019

This program was an example of the impact that fiction — and art more generally — can have on the way we perceive real-world issues.