Rumors

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

I heard a rumor that some people who were turned away from peacemaker Greg Mortenson’s presentation this evening at the Culbreth Theatre didn’t handle their disappointment too peacefully. “Fighting” was the word I heard. The word I heard was, “pissed.” It probably only amounted to some raised voices, but I like to imagine a full-blown [...]

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More on culture and literature

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Wistar expands on the assumptions we make about culture and literature: Under the gun, we all have to admit that our culture informs who we are and how we write. The ethnic, national, and religious environments in which we were raised give distinct form to our thoughts. Even in America! Even in a barren wasteland! [...]

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Book Fest opening ceremony podcast

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Let the podcasts roll! Charlottesville Podcasting Network has posted the audio from yesterday’s Festival of the Book Opening Ceremony. Speakers include Robert Vaughan, President of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Ken Boyd and Dave Norris, who read proclamations from the county and city, and the young winners of the Letters about Literature contest. Hawes [...]

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"Otherizing" the author

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Monkey Sri reports on the Book Festival: Last night I attended a book festival presentation entitled Wayward Sons – it featured two authors whose latests books explore the parent/child relationship. One of them was a young Israeli with a head full of political commentary and a terrible reading voice. One was an older Irishman who, [...]

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Book Fest update from Kevin McFadden

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Hello from VABook News! The festival is “in swing” right now at the Omni Hotel, where we’re now listening to the Flashbacks jazz stylings fill the lobby, and are about to hear Jan Karon at the Festival luncheon (11:45AM). (LUNCHEON TIP: Spare tickets for last-minute cancellations are known to pop up for those who lurk [...]

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