NewsPeanut Documentary to Air on Virginia Public Media
A Virginia Humanities funded documentary is scheduled to air on Virginia Public Media PBS stations on April 30 at 9PM. The film, Invisible Thread: The Story of Peanuts in Western Tidewater, …
NewsHow To Research Women Like a Historical Novelist
Are you researching a female ancestor or historical figure?Are you gathering facts or is there more to the story? In this webinar, recorded April 23, 2020, author and Virginia Humanities …
NewsThe Arrival of Black Voting
Watch this special webinar with three experts on the history of early voting. Don DeBats, who is teaching American Studies at Flinders University in Australia this semester, is researching and …
NewsGirlhood
Skip to show segment Bilingual Storytelling Meg Medina Newbery Medal-winning children’s author Meg Medina talks about the power of writing in Spanglish, and relates her own childhood to her 2019 …
NewsOne Night Gone
In this webinar, recorded April 30, 2020, mystery novelist Tara Laskowski discusses her first novel, One Night Gone, with Meredith Cole. “A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel.” —Tana French, author …
NewsCool Town
In this webinar, recorded April 28, 2020, author Grace Hale discusses her newest book, Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture, with Karl Hagstrom Miller. …
NewsThe Third Rainbow Girl
In this webinar Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her acclaimed debut nonfiction book, The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, in conversation with Allison Wright. …
NewsHow to Build a Heart
Join freelance writer, essayist, and author of young adult novels, Maria Padian, for a closer look at her award-winning work and latest book for young readers, How to Build a …
NewsReading List: The Highest Glass Ceiling
This week we’re looking at the many barriers still facing women in politics, business, and academia. For one of our segments, we talk to Ellen Fitzpatrick, whose new book The Highest …
NewsThe Old Jimmy Sutton
A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart. When the late folklorist Alan Lomax set out on his now infamous “Southern Journey” in 1959, he stopped in Chilhowie, …
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NewsHumanity in the Time of Coronavirus
The following was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch opinion section on April 13, 2020. By Matthew Gibson Several winters ago, my wife and I formed a book club we dubbed …
NewsPresenting: Overcoming Extremism
Skip to show segment Overcoming Extremism Mike Signer and Elliot Majerczyk This week we’re sharing a new podcast series called Overcoming Extremism, supported by the Anti-Defamation League. The series is …
