NewsGreat Reads Featuring ‘The Undefeated’
In this webinar, recorded July 28 2020, Newbery Award-winning author Kwame Alexander discusses his picture book The Undefeated, with Tasha Birckhead. Winner of the 2020 Caldecott Medal, a 2020 Newbery …
NewsWe’re Going to Be O.K.
In this webinar, recorded August 11, 2020, co-author Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb and illustrator Ashleigh Webb discuss We’re Going to Be O.K., their picture book about staying healthy during COVID-19 as …
NewsTravelers
In this webinar, recorded July 23 2020, novelist Helon Habila discusses his latest book, Travelers, with Alane Salierno Mason. Travelers is a startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in …
NewsA Historic House & Art Museum Goes Digital
Learn how the Hermitage Museum & Gardens is adapting to COVID-19 with the help of a Virginia Humanities CARES Act grant.
NewsThe Chiefest Town
At the confluence of the James and Rivana Rivers in Virginia sits a Monacan site. Monacan Chief Kenneth Branham walks us through the site of what was once the village …
NewsNow That I’ve Found You
In this webinar, recorded July 21 2020, young adult novelist Kristina Forest discusses her latest book, Now That I’ve Found You, a young adult novel about searching for answers, love, …
NewsVirginia Humanities Welcomes Three New Board Members
Virginia Humanities welcomes three new members to our Board of Directors: Lynette Allston (Drewryville), Jim Chapman (Charlottesville), and Dee Lester (Norfolk). They join a Board composed of twenty-five distinguished Virginia …
NewsOliver Hill, Jr. – A Remembrance
By Kevin McFadden I am sure it has happened to you: there was someone in your life you thought you knew well enough, but then when you attended their memorial …
NewsWGR’s Summer Streaming Recs
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The Rise of Netflix
Myles McNutt (Old Dominion University)
After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming recommendations from scholars and artists. Myles McNutt charts Netflix’s rise to video streaming juggernaut and recommends a miniseries on the systemic failures in sexual assault investigations.
Telling Untold Stories
Yossera Bouchtia (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Yossera Bouchtia suggests two TV shows grappling with race and identity in America.
Brown Voice
Shilpa Davé (University of Virginia)
White actors have recently been stepping down from voicing characters of color. Shilpa Davé explains the harmful stereotype she calls “brown voice” and recommends a Netflix show that captures the Indian-American coming of age experience.
Becoming an Environmental Activist
Tanya Stadelmann (William & Mary)
Tanya Stadelmann shares two films that document the journey to environmental activism.
NewsAdriana Herrera & Alexis Daria
In this webinar, recorded July 16 2020, romance writers Adriana Herrera, author of the Dreamers series and Finding Joy: A Gay Romance, and Alexis Daria, author of the forthcoming You …
NewsNot So Pure and Simple
In this webinar, recorded July 14 2020, author Lamar Giles discusses his latest young adult novel, Not So Pure and Simple. “With true-to-life characters and a straightforward handling of sex, …
NewsMonsters & Crafts
In this webinar, recorded July 30 2020, author Hannah Barnaby reads from her two new books for young readers, There’s Something About Sam (picture book) and Monster & Boy (first …
NewsPresenting: “Transcripts”
Trans people of color say that life is harder than ever. And the new podcast “Transcripts” investigates what activists are doing to change that.
NewsWhat Comes After?
The old Style Council song “Walls Come Tumbling Down” has been running through my head all week as we watch the commemorative landscape of Richmond being re-made in real time:… Read More»
