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13th Annual Summer Storytelling Retreat & Adventure

July 8, 2018 to July 14, 2018 – StoryWindow Productions

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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage

Started by Rob Neufeld in AC-T Book Reviews Aug 3, 2017.

Ellington in Asheville--a survey

Started by Rob Neufeld in Local History Oct 6, 2017.

Dave Minneman, heroic portrait

Started by Rob Neufeld in Local History Aug 25, 2017.

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Connie Regan-Blake updated an event

A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories at Black Mountain Center for the Arts

April 21, 2018 from 7:30pm to 9pm

Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm, join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she hosts her "Taking the Stage" workshop participants, for an enchanting evening of storytelling in picturesque Black Mountain, NC. You'll enjoy a variety of stories and storytelling styles featuring tellers Jane O Cunningham from Rome, GA; Gabriele Marewski from Black Mountain, NC; Christine Phillips Westfeldt - Fairview,…See More

Mar 21

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Glenda Council Beall posted a blog post

Writers Circle around the Table

We are located in Hayesville, NC. In April we begin our new season with outstanding Poet Mike James. Mike will read at Writers' Night Out in Blairsville, GA on Friday evening April 13. On Saturday, April 14, he will teach a class at my studio.Formally SpeakingThis class will focus on different types of traditional poetic forms such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and the sestina, and will also include other verse forms such as erasures, found poems, prose poems, and last poems.Contact Glenda…See More

Mar 12

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Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Chautauqua History Alive at UNC Asheville, OLLI Reuters Center, Manheimer Room

April 15, 2018 from 3pm to 4:30pm

Step inside the revolutionary book, Silent Spring as its author Rachel Carson reveals the reckless destruction of our living world. Written more than 55 years ago Silent Spring inspired the Environmental Movement and has never been out of print. And now you have a chance to ask the author, Rachel Carson, how this came to be. But these aren’t just performances. They’re a chance to step into Living History – to ask questions and go one on one with a women whose books shaped our country and our…See More

Mar 7

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Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford posted blog posts

Mar 7

Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford commented on Glenda Council Beall's photo

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"She looks like I look in my imagination right before I've had my coffee ... relaxed, bothered (by something, anything) and fully aware that I'm almost, but not quite, the center of the universe ... a feeling that quickly fades after that…"

Mar 4

Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford replied to Kathryn Stripling Byer's discussion Mary Adams's new chapbook COMMANDMENT

"This is so perfect ... the thought of every woman, who KNOWS what the men are thinking! But now at least we have an idea! This makes me happy in a sad, lovely sort of way!"

Mar 4

Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford posted a photo

Mom in Her Writing Nook ...

She was working on the "About the Authors" section of "Echoes Across the Blue Ridge" when I captured this one morning. Though you can't see it, her coffee cup was within gentle reach that morning. Roxie is at her feet.

Mar 4

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Feb 6

Glenda Council Beall posted a photo

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Lexie likes to sleep in the sunshine even on cold days.

Feb 6

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Latest non-fiction book

In 1945 Indiana prohibited marriage between a white person and anyone with more than one-eighth "Negro blood." Yet Daniel (black) and Anna (white) gave up family, friends, and eventually even country to create a life together. Their 42-year marriage…

Feb 5

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Nancy Werking Poling replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Bent Creek, the 4-part story

"Rob, Thanks for putting this into one document. I've been following the narrative in the Citizen-Times. I find it an added resource for my next writing project. In 1910 my husband's grandfather (1866-1947) showed up in Missouri and said…"

Feb 5

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Feb 5

Lee Ann Brown replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Writer Olive Dargan rises from obscurity

"Great Article! Heart wrenching about her destroyed manuscripts and letters and notes but I will look for more of Olive Dargan! Lee Ann Brown"

Feb 5

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Rap Monster posted a blog post

THE BANG BANG BROKERS HITS AMAZON PRIME WITH A BANG

Focusing on the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, The Bang Bang Brokers tells the story of a hedge fund manager (based on a composite of real life traders) who got rich off of predicting the subprime fallout. His guilt and suicidal impulses lead him to a chance meeting with a Latino Gang, headed by small time weed dealer Ramon (Erik Michael Estrada). In hopes that Ramon will kill him in exchange for the favor, Rolley (played by Donihue) robs a rival Black Gang, earning the pair a ton of…See More

Feb 4

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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage Gail Godwin’s latest crosses a mental boundary by Rob Neufeld Asheville author Gail Godwin, now a Woodstock, NY resident, comes back ho… Started by Rob Neufeld in AC-T Book Reviews Latest Reply
Ellington in Asheville--a survey The Douglas Ellington effect: An Appreciation by Rob Neufeld IMAGE: Douglas Ellington’s original drawing for a City Hall-County Courthouse… Started by Rob Neufeld in Local History Latest Reply
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Folklore Subjects We get to assemble sources, discussions, and research about such subjects as Frankie Silver and Br'er Rabbit.	60	Feb 15, 2017 Job D. Barnard, Civil War potrait, 1861 by Rob Neufeld
Book & culture issues Those who work in the fields of books, education, heritage, and culture can consult, comment, and ask questions.	51	Oct 3, 2017 Black Mountain College as Backdrop for Mystery by Mark de Castrique
Book Finds	23	Sep 1, 2016 New Novel by Rodney Page
Anthologies Readers' lists of bests of things	2	Oct 10, 2008 Reply by Sherry Austin
Best Pleasure List	1	Aug 17, 2013 Greatest novels in English since 1980 by Rob Neufeld
Our cultural community We share our experience of and thoughts about writers, artists, performers, and cultural leaders in the region	69	Jan 31, 2016 Firestorm Books & Coffee by Rob Neufeld
New WNC Books and Media This comprehensive list of new books relating to WNC subjects and authors is the place to go to know what's out; and to add your comments and reviews.	75	Nov 20, 2015 The Rise of Asheville by Marilyn Ball by Rob Neufeld
Communities	6	May 22, 2013 Tour of 3 old cemeteries in Swannanoa Valley, May 25 by Rob Neufeld
Literary events	58	Mar 24, 2015 Six Notable Women of NC book launch Saturday, March 28 by Rob Neufeld
Bookfinder on "The Read" by topic	27	Feb 27, 2013 Murphy Station by David Donovan
Western North Carolina Books WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BOOKS AN ANNOTATED GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF THE REGION FOR ALL READERS Produced by Together We Read, WNC’s 21-County Reading Program Written by Rob Neufeld, February 2007, Revised Sept. 2007	27	Dec 2, 2011 The Will Harris Murders by Bob Terrell by Sallie
Civil War Forum This will keep track of what books (and other media) are saying about the Civil War; and of our ideas of what history should be.	14	May 21, 2015 Reply by Jenny Bowen
Children's books	3	Dec 14, 2008 Best YA Debuts by Rob Neufeld
Immigration in WNC This includes stories and discussion threads about immigration in WNC.	4	Jun 9, 2008 Reply by John Kuhlman
AC-T Book Reviews Here's an archive of book reviews on local, visiting, and significant authors	209	Sep 10, 2017 McCrumb ghost-opened world in The Unquiet Grave by Rob Neufeld
Current events	17	Oct 9, 2013 Save the bonobos movement includes Asheville conservationist by Rob Neufeld
Local History	255	Feb 5 Reply by Nancy Werking Poling
Land Development	1	Jul 7, 2008 "Boone" features historic land development theme by Rob Neufeld
Language There have been discussions of language, especially mountain speech, in Folklore forums. This new forum focuses on the interest.	1	Jun 25, 2009 Reply by Betty Cloer Wallace
Poems Post poems, with permission, and talk about them.	4	Mar 4 Reply by Lynn Hamilton-Rutherford

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