Reminder: James River Writers Conference

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

The James River Writers Conference is coming up! Getting It Write Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008 at the Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street, Richmond Featuring … David Baldacci Adriana Trigiani Diane Mott Davidson Claudia Emerson Kate Jacobs Kirk Ellis Shannon Ravenel Chuck Adams Colin Fox

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Teen Poetry Contest at J-MRL

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

From the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: TEEN POETRY CONTEST All Branches Monday, September 29-Saturday, October 25. Are you a teen who’s into writing poetry? Enter our Teen Poetry Contest to celebrate Teen Read Week! Three winners will be chosen, with prizes to be awarded, and the opportunity for the winners to be entered into another teen [...]

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Ted Genoways at New Dominion Bookshop September 25

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

New Dominion Bookshop will host a reading and book-signing by Ted Genoways, who will present selections from his book of poems, Anna, Washing Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM Set against the bleak backdrop of the Yukon and the historical moment of the 1897 Klondike gold rush, this chronologically arranged series of sonnets is [...]

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links for 2008-09-15

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Maud Newton: Blog — A Q&A with Kathleen Kent about the “Queen of Hell” "Her first novel, The Heretic’s Daughter, evokes the fears, diseases, and petty grudges of the witch trials era with an eerie, visceral concreteness. The book was inspired by Kent’s ancestor, Martha Carrier, who was jailed, tried, found to be a witch, [...]

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David Foster Wallace, Suicide, and Depression

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

I was sad to hear that David Foster Wallace took his own life. This portion of his obituary in today’s New York Times breaks my heart: His father said Sunday that Mr. Wallace had been taking medication for depression for 20 years and that it had allowed his son to be productive. It was something [...]

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