Virginia Festival of the Book Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Virginia Festival of the Book

The #GreatReads selection from our friends at @MDhumanities is "I, Matthew Henson" by Carole Boston Weatherford. Learn more about Great Reads, and VA's book: https://t.co/CJ2xpQADt0 We'll be sharing more recommendations leading up to the @librarycongress #NatBookFest on 9/3. https://t.co/BsPnibTmFO

Virginia Festival of the Book

Congrats to @imaniperry on her #NBAwards win! https://t.co/flyiSKXy7i We were honored to have her as our Carol Troxell Reader in March. You can hear her read from her book "South to America" during the 2022 VA Festival of the Book here: https://t.co/TxKbtFmjmu

Virginia Festival of the Book

At 2 PM ET at @J_MRL, join us as poets Danielle Badra (Like We Still Speak) & @cbdesautels (A Dangerous Place) confront mortality in their verses, drawing on different forms & images to explore & explain their experience with illness; w/ @gumbo_amando. https://t.co/Sn2d7LEl9C

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At the @JSAAHC at 2 PM ET, don't miss Robert Shetterly (Portraits of Racial Justice) as he discusses his portraits addressing America’s history of social, environmental, and economic injustices; w/ Andrea Douglas. In-person or at https://t.co/4NrRZY9gJj https://t.co/9BEI45hOf4

Virginia Festival of the Book

Check out this excerpt from THE LIGHTNESS by @knownemily on @lithub: https://lithub.com/the-lightness/ and then join us TODAY at 12 PM ET as Emily & @AnnaBeecher—both @UVACWP MFA grads—read from & discuss their novels! Register for this FREE #VaBook2021 event: http://vabook.org/events/2021/03/uva-creative-writing-alumni-reading/

Virginia Festival of the Book

“Magic happens on every page [of] Nguyen’s autobiographical homage to the power of storytelling.” THURSDAY on #ShelfLife, hear from @Trungles (THE MAGIC FISH) & his editor @WhitLeopard. w/ @cvillepride, Side by Side & @UVA LGBT Committee. Register for FREE https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-out-coming-of-age-in-graphic-novels-the-magic-fish-trung-nguyen-tickets-161941131283

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🧵 STARTING SOON! We have THREE amazing in-person events starting at 7 PM ET in #Charlottesville... For fans of poetry, don't miss Forrest Gander & Lisa Russ Spaar reading from their most recent collections at @J_MRL: https://t.co/kDjWsrgbwU

Virginia Festival of the Book

James Branch Cabell's best-known book, Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice, was about a hero who travels to heaven & hell, seducing women & even the devil’s wife. Check out the bio of this VA author in @encyclopediaVA (another program here at @VAHumanities): https://t.co/tJJu3W2c90 https://t.co/a6hWHuVY0W

Virginia Festival of the Book

CONGRATULATIONS to #ShelfLife speaker @AEOsworth for making the @Center4Fiction 2021 First Novel Prize Longlist with their debut novel, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT! If you missed their recent discussion with @MissBitBytes, check out the recording here: https://t.co/UveUuxqPxD https://t.co/CYxw89Nc07

Virginia Festival of the Book

We're so excited for this #VaFilmFest screening of the @hulu limited series inspired by @papergirlmacy's book DOPESICK—with in-person guests Beth Macy & showrunner Danny Strong at @cvilleparamount! Get your tickets today and explore the full schedule at: https://t.co/PxkrGpCAHL https://t.co/DE0evOIiVc