NewsConversational Creatures
In this webinar, recorded September 17 2020, authors Anita Felicelli (Chimerica) and Joni Murphy (Talking Animals) discuss their latest novels and the roles that talking animals play in literary fiction. …
NewsMore 19th Amendment Centennial Events Announced
A series of four virtual events celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote kicked off last week with a conversation between two powerful, creative women: Nikki …
NewsBeneath the Surface
In an effort to advance racial justice, nonprofits in South Hampton Roads are invited to apply for a new grant opportunity for programs on race and the history of race …
NewsReplay: Holocaust Memory
Everyone remembers things differently. WGR takes you from D.C. to Poland for the many ways of commemorating the Holocaust.
NewsHave a Drink with Nikki and Tressie
This video, recorded September 9 2020, features two powerful, creative women: Nikki Giovanni, award-winning poet, activist, educator, and one of Oprah Winfrey’s “25 Living Legends,” and Tressie McMillan Cottom, professor …
NewsAfter Virginia Tech
Thomas P. Kapsidelis, a former Virginia Humanities residential fellow, is the author of After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings, published in 2019 by The …
NewsWorking Through History
Jim Crow continues to impact the American labor market, and COVID-19 is making the workplace increasingly inequitable for women of all races.
News“Lonely Days and Fearful Nights:” The Norfolk Yellow Fever Epidemic
At its best, history opens a window in time that helps illuminate the past and the present. Such is Encyclopedia Virginia’s new entry on the long-forgotten Norfolk and Portsmouth Yellow Fever Epidemic… Read More»
NewsGoodbye My Tribe
We tell ourselves stories in order to survive, says the great novelist Joan Didion. What stories sustain you? This week, we talk about belief.
NewsThe Spirit of the City
By Nora Pehrson Richmond Hill is an ecumenical fellowship, residence, and urban retreat center in downtown Richmond that seeks to heal and develop “the spirit of the city” through inclusive …
NewsWinter Counts
In this webinar, recorded August 25, 2020, David Heska Wanbli Weiden discusses his debut thriller, Winter Counts, in conversation with Kasey Jernigan. Winter Counts is a groundbreaking thriller about a …
NewsThe New American
In this webinar, recorded September 3, 2020, Micheline Aharonian Marcom discusses her latest novel, The New American, which recounts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan-American college student, a “dreamer,” …
