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Poetry contest from Bellday Books: deadline, Mar. 15, $2000 prize plus publication; $25 fee. See website for rules.



Swannanoa Valley Museum sponsors walk, Tabernacle & Ingram cemeteries, with local historians and descendants, Feb. 7. See notice. .

Collage artist and poet Krista Franklin demos Cut-Up method at Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Ctr, Feb. 27.

When You Reach by Rebecca Stead' won the Newbery Medal; and The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney, the Caldecott. See ALA list.

Europe has villages--called book towns--dedicated to book shops and history! See the website.

YA book discussions for adults start starts at Spellbound Children's Bookshop with Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Feb. 7.

The N.C. State Archives offers early newspapers online, as part of the N.C. Newspaper Digitization Project .


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Shelton Laurel Revisited

By request, the story of the Civil War executions in Madison County is revised and reprinted.

End-of-January list of new WNC books (within last 2 years)

Ashe County born writer Peggy Poe Stern

comes to the fore in Tipper's blog.

See interviews with authors

Gail Godwin * Barbara Kingsolver * Elizabeth Kostova * Jerald Walker

Battle of Deep Creek gets highway marker

The WNC Civil War battle at which there were the most casualties—and which involved the Cherokee—read about it and the successful effort to get a highway marker installed in Bryson City.


WHAT'S HOPPING?

Krista Franklin, poet/collage artist from Dayton, Ohio brings a VISUAL POETRY WORKSHOP to Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, Feb. 27. Read about the event. See Franklin’s work. It’s a follow-up to the Ray Johnson show at BMCMAC. Join a group that talks about Johnson under groups, below left.

The new issue of Asheville Poetry Review is exemplary in quality and coverage. See review. See webpage. Also, big news--The Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA has just published its first issue of the Great Smokies Review..

See Archive of Features.

Community and Local History

Candidates for Historical Highway Markers in WNC

See applications for and discussions about: Battle of Deep Creek, Bryson City . About Andre Michaux's first botanical trip through Highlands.

Thomas Lanier Clingman, his story comes to life.

His gravestone in Riverside Cemetery, indicates a prominent life. He was directly involved in much of the region's 19th century history. Read all about it.

Mountaintop removal play based on Jeff Biggers' book.

The Coal Free Future Project premieres the play, "Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal," at Asheville Community Theatre, Feb. 5. Read about it.
See archive of Community and Local History features.

Books up for discussion in the region

See more discussions, upcoming and past here.


The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk
Kidd at Hudson Public Library, Feb. 11, 5:45 p.m.

Serena by Ron Rash at Cashiers Public Library, Feb. 10, 5:30
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.at Transylvania County Library, Feb. 4, 10:30
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Amsterdam by Ian McEwan at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Feb. 3, 7 p.m.

Talk Books Here

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Commandment by Mary Adams

What worlds parallel our realities? See forum.

When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan

How remake a life in a hometown like Marion? See forum.

The Boy with a Tree Growing from His Ear by MariJo Moore. Where is her imagination taking her?. See forum.

Sorrow's End by Maurice Stanley. How did grandpa become an outlaw? See forum.

Literary News and events

Jeff Biggers performs excerpts from Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. Read about it.

MariJo Moore, author of The Boy With A Tree Growing From His Ear And Other Stories at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, Fri., Mar. 5, 7 p.m. See about event.

The editors and some of the authors of Clothes Lines: From 75 Western North Carolina Women Writers, January 31, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe.

Amy Greene, author of Bloodroot, about an East Tennessee woman with a long trail of magical powers and suffering--at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Sat., Feb. 13, 7 p.m.

Featured Authors

Ann Pancake

See page on novel, Strange as This Weather Has Been, including Reader's Guide.

See author website.

Nancy Dillingham

See laureate's blog about Dillingham's new book. See forum on it. See about new anthology she edited with Celia Miles, Clothes Lines.

Charles Price

See features

Read his upcoming novel, Above the Caprock, as it develops on Price's blog.

Jonathan Rosen

Author of Life of the Skies

Hear Rosen on living between worlds; and on Audubon's origins.

See book review

See archive of featured authors. With last names: A- C. D - F. G - I. M - P. Q-S

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tyler darling

EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK

The first place that I had circled in the paper said,


Cordial Cottages! Seven private cottages

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Posted by tyler darling on February 8, 2010 at 10:18pm

Renea

A Simple Sign, By Renea Winchester

Looking back it seems so easy; befriend a stranger…change your life. That’s how true change begins you know, when you step outside yourself and reach out to another never once expecting anything in return.



Many of us want a better job, more money, a nicer home. I didn’t want any of that; I wanted peace. Somewhere along my life-path, I had sectioned each day into compartmentalized appointments. Each morning I awoke, gathered the “To-do” list I had written down the night before,

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Chuck Connors

Terrifying

Record snowfall, second of the season;



Winter world, everything white.



Lines of vehicles stalled in the drifts;



Others like me slip-sliding along.



Terrifying long, long minutes;



Unsure if I will make home safe and sound.



Staring at the blowing snow;



Thinking of your warm embrace;

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Posted by Chuck Connors on February 5, 2010 at 5:17pm

Chuck Connors

Heart's Desire

Heart’s Desire





You are my heart’s desire,



through you I gain my strength.



Your caring and compassion,



help me to live fully each day.





When I see your face,



hold you in my arms,



whisper

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Posted by Chuck Connors on February 5, 2010 at 5:14pm

Chuck Connors

Wonderful Dream

Sitting in another business meeting,



Daydreaming about things I want to do with you.



Last night I couldn’t kiss you enough,



Cross-eyed crazy in your embrace.



What would it be like to be with you,



From here on out to the end of time?



To wake each morning—look into your eyes,



Taste your lips and in

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Posted by Chuck Connors on February 5, 2010 at 5:10pm

 
 

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