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.
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.
Cristina Rivera Garza’s writing embodies the experience of fully entering a landscape’s soul.
As the weather hopefully gets warmer, what better way to spend a self-care afternoon than with a new book?
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.
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?
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.
One-time University professor Ann Beattie shared her short fiction in an Old Cabell reading and masterclass with MFA students and creative writing undergraduates.
“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.
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.
Lauren Camp will be in the Shenandoah Valley for 11 days, starting with a reading at New Dominion Bookshop May 11.
At the crux of the conversation that carried into the night was the authors’ craft — and its relationship to their own stories.
The discussion opened with a simple question — what is LGBTQI fiction?
“The Power of Graphic Novels” was an event that showed that graphic novels are the perfect gateway to attaining visual literacy.
This program was an example of the impact that fiction — and art more generally — can have on the way we perceive real-world issues.
“The Public,” which Estevez wrote, produced, directed and starred in, received a special screening Friday, March 22, at the Paramount Theater.
The greatest strength of “Encompassing Multitudes” is that it recognizes and knows to capitalize on Whitman’s continued timeliness.
Leslie Jamison's memoir "The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath" is split between a gripping portrait of alcoholism and an analysis of addiction itself.
