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James Agee's 100th birthday is No. 27. See U. of Tenn. Press website.



Publisher Weekly's Top Ten Books of 2009. See list.

See also winners of Whiting Award for emerging writers ($50G to each) just announced.


Tour of artists' books show--Vamp and Tramp at Asheville Book Works, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. Read more.

Two pottery annual events: Spruce Pine Potters Market, Oct. 10 & 11; WNC Pottery Festival, Dillsboro, Nov. 7.




Heather McHugh, Warren Wilson College MFA teacher, wins McArthur. See article. See webpage.

Sept. 23, 2009.

Jim Cassada, outdoors expert, publishes new book on fly fishing in Smokies. See his website.

Aug. 23, 2009


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Live-and-Simulcast: Dorothy Allison and Terrell Garren.

Terrell Garren, author of The Fifth Skull, is at Henderson County Public Library, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.; and Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina, is at WCU, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., for WNC Read-for-Alls--emceed public discussion shows.


Advise and Present

Connie Regan-Blake, Jay O’Callahan, & others perform and advise at 11th Annual Fall Storytelling Festival: Nov. 14, Transylvania County Library. See website.

What historical figure does Barbara Kingsolver imagine in a new light in The Lacuna?

Hear audio of Kingsolver. (Don't listen if you want to save a couple of surprises.) Read review of book. Read more of interview (coming soon).

Where does Fred Chappell's imagination live?

Read about his new collection of stories, Ancestors and Others. See about author appearances, Nov. 13, Asheville; Nov. 14, Sylva.

Great Smoky Mountains Book Fair, Nov. 14.

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Talk Books Here

Tap into these, see archive, or enter your own.

In the archive now: Clothes Lines; The Soul Tree; The National Parks.

Colloquy in Black and White by Nancy Dillingham.
Which poems do you feel like repeating? See Forum.

When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan

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

Smoky Mountain Magic by Horace Kephart

Is it a treasure? Forum.

Last One Home John Ehle

What do city and country people have to tell each other? Forum.

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.

Hominy Valley history includes Civil War letters

See discussion on Terrell Garren's Civil War blog See account of J.L. Mashburn's book. Also, see Tipper's blog on other Civil War letters.

A Tour of WNC Civil War sites.
See archive of Community and Local History features.

Books up for discussion in the region

See more discussions, upcoming and past here.

Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks at

Henderson County Library, Nov. 3, 4 p.m.

Marley and Me by John Grogan at Sylva Public Library, Nov. 5, 7 p.m.

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

at Asheville Art Museum, Tues., Nov. 10, 3 to 5 p.m.

Run by Ann Patchett at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

Literary News and events

Barbara Kingsolver, author of, most recently, The Lacuna at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.

Natasha Trethewey, author of Native Guard, 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Poetry, reads with Katherine Soniat at Posana’s, Pack Square, Asheville, Thurs., October 29, 8 p.m.

See Poets.org webpage.

Fred Chappell, author, most recently of Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, November 13, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe.

Terrell Garren, author of The Fifth Skull, at Henderson County Public Library, Thurs., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., as part of the WNC Read-for-All, a series of simulcast public discussion programs.

See Reader's Guide.

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

Blog Posts

Tipper

Planting By The Signs - Finally A Test That Worked



My fall garden is producing a bumper crop of radishes, greens, and turnips. I made sure to plant my seeds on the appropriate day-dictated by the zodiac signs.

Back in the summer I attempted a sign test and a few folks played along. The test didn't really work out-first, I was unorganized and waited too… Continue

Posted by Tipper on November 8, 2009 at 10:00am

Dawn McCall

Oral History Subjects Needed

I am currently working on a collection of oral histories to be published Fall 2010. If you, or someone you know would be interested in participating in this project, please contact me.
I am specifically looking for subjects 60 and over who have roots in Western North Carolina. It does not matter if you currently live out of state as long as you have access to email as I have completed several interviews for the book by email.
My contact information is...
Dawn McCall
PO Box 262
Rosman, NC 28772
P… Continue

Posted by Dawn McCall on November 4, 2009 at 3:46pm

Kathryn Magendie

Rose & Thorn

Hi everyone! Hope you'll stop by the Rose & Thorn - since Angie Ledbetter and I became co-editors/publishers, we've created a new website and newsletter.

Posted by Kathryn Magendie on November 2, 2009 at 2:00pm

Peter

Introduction to Hostelling

This is my first blog and i would like to write a few sentences regarding hostels. Hostels are a fantastic way to see the world on a low budget. From the cheapest to the more grand there is something to accommodate every taste and plan. The great thing regarding backpacker hostels is that tons of university students flock to them because they are cheap and entertaining so there is always plenty of student travelers around to party with!

In most every other… Continue

Posted by Peter on October 27, 2009 at 6:09pm

Chuck Connors

How I escaped from the craft store with my masculinity intact

Editor’s note: This is a work of autobiographical fiction. Some of the facts have been changed to protect the dumb, foolish and outright scared.

I was taken to the craft store the other day searching for Halloween costume brick-a brack. Two other wusses, I mean men were there and they were obviously terrified.
As they were pulled along by their female captors they had anxious fearful looks on their faces which shouted silently, “Help Me!” Glancing over my shoulder, I caught them, like me, makin… Continue

Posted by Chuck Connors on October 26, 2009 at 4:56am

 
 

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The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest (Wesleyan Poetry)The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest (Wesleyan Poetry) by Barbara Guest, a review from Rain Taxi by Tyrone Williams.

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Till We Can Keep an AnimalTill We Can Keep an Animal by Megan Voysey-braig, a review from Ms. Magazine by Gaiutra Bahadur.

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