The Read on WNC

In honor of my blog Plant Whatever Brings You Joy's 10th Blogiversary I've posted a chapter from my book Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden. This particular chapter was also excerpted in Fairview's GreenPrints magazine, which was greatly appreciated. Read more here: http://plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com/aim-for-beauty/…See More

Sep 11

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McCrumb ghost-opened world in The Unquiet Grave

McCrumb sees stories behind haunting ghost by Rob NeufeldPHOTO: Sharyn McCrumb and her dog Arthur, 2017. Photo by Laura Palmer, courtesy, Sharyn McCrumb In “The Unquiet Grave,” Sharyn McCrumb once again demonstrates her mastery at turning a folktale into something larger, different, and greater.The legend of the…See More

Sep 10

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James Vestus Miller

HISTORIC PHOTO James Vester Miller James Vester Miller had been a boy when his mother, a Rutherfordton slave, had responded to Emancipation by taking her three children to Asheville and getting a job as a cook in a boardinghouse—some say Julia Wolfe’s boardinghouse, Old Kentucky Home. Growing up, Miller hung…See More

Aug 26

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Dave Minneman, heroic portrait

Dave Minneman and a sense of justiceby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Dave Minneman doing research at Pack Memorial Library. Photo by author. “One of the biggest things I did as a kid, in order to escape my father,” Asheville resident Dave Minneman says of his 1960s and 70s rural Indiana childhood, “was…See More

Aug 25

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Dellinger's Mill, Hawk, Mitchell County

Meet the 4th generation miller of a historic millby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Triptych of Dellinger Mill and Jack Dellinger in his mill, showing the hopper, the 1859 waterwheel, bags of cornmeal, and the National Historic Place plaque. Photos and composition by Henry Neufeld. I had written about…See More

Aug 21

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City Lights Bookstore posted events

Plott Hound Tales
August 19, 2017 from 3pm to 4:30pm
NetWest Open Mic
August 18, 2017 from 7pm to 8:30pm

Aug 12

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FullSizeRender Lexie in the pillows

This is my little Lexie, a chihuahua mix who is tiny but so sweet. Here she is trying to sleep under my pillows. She is a burrower. Makes a great watch dog because she has a fierce bark.

Aug 10

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Tribute to Kathryn Stripling Byer at Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, NC

October 1, 2017 from 2pm to 4pm

On October 1, Sunday afternoon, 2 PM, at Jackson County Library in the Community Room, NCWN and NCWN-West will honor the late Poet Laureate, Kathryn S. Byer . Everyone is invited to come. We will share her poetry and talk about her achievements and her legacy for writers and poets in NC. If Kay touched your life in some way, come and pay tribute to her. We all miss her and this is a way to share our mourning for losing her and show our appreciation for what she did for us. See More

Aug 10

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WRITERS CIRCLE IN SPRING

"On Saturday, September 9, 10:30 a.m., Richard Kraweic will teach a class at Writers Circle. He will teach how to organize a poetry book for publication. I know I need to learn that lesson. How about you?"

Aug 10

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WRITERS CIRCLE IN SPRING

"We have a memoir class going on now until the first Wednesday in September. Wish you could join us in a class at Writers Circle around the Table."

Aug 10

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East Asheville history and sites

A meaningful tour of East Asheville PHOTO CAPTION: View of Beverly Hills suburb, from a painting by Gibson Catlett that had once hung at subdivision offices. Courtesy Special Collection, Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville. I was walking in the Beverly Hills neighborhood the other day and noticed a few…See More

Aug 3

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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 home here Wed., June 14 to present her new novel, “Grief Cottage” at Malaprop’s Bookstore, 7 p.m. “Grief Cottage” is the story of an orphaned, sensitive, troubled boy, named…See More

Aug 3

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Julia Nunnally Duncan posted an event

Julia Nunnally Duncan Poetrio reading at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

August 6, 2017 from 3pm to 4pm

Julia Nunnally Duncan will be a featured Poetrio poet at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café on Sunday, August 6, at 3 p.m. Julia will be reading from her new book A Part of Me. Fred Chappell says of A Part of Me: "Duncan's every reader will be reminded of some person, place, or time important to recall in a quiet hour."See More

Jul 28

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Nancy Werking Poling at Pack Library, downtown Asheville

August 9, 2017 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Nancy Werking Poling will read from her new book, Before It Was Legal: a black-white marriage (1945-1987).The Winters' forty-two-year marriage spanned key historical periods of the 20th century and took them from Indiana to Mexico City. Freed from U.S. racism, Daniel felt "as Mexican as chile verde." Meanwhile, Anna, a reserved white woman who struggled with speaking Spanish, experienced no similar sense of liberation. Before It Was Legal is not a happily-ever-after story, but an honest…See More

Jul 12

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City Lights Bookstore posted events

Mark Powell Reading and Book Signing
August 11, 2017 from 6:30pm to 8pm
RESCHEDULED: Kim Michele Richardson: A Path to Publication Discussion and Q&A
August 5, 2017 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Lawrence Thackston’s New Mystery Novel
August 4, 2017 from 6:30pm to 8pm

Jul 4

City Lights Bookstore posted events

Tyler Auffhammer Poetry Reading
July 29, 2017 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Ron Rash Paperback Launch
July 25, 2017 from 6:30pm to 8pm

Jul 1

September 2013 Blog Posts (7)

New Book: Commas, piranhas, and more

Hi folks:

The purpose of this posting is to announce the publication of my first (and last?) novel, Fish Food (a novel about life, death, and commas). It's a zany tale about, well, life, death, and commas. Here's the publisher's blurb.

"Michael Um is a grammar-obsessed, hearing-impaired evolutionary biologist who shares his home on Martha's Vineyard with three cats, an irascible parrot, and a tankful of red-bellied piranhas (his wife left him years ago for…

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Added by James D. Loy on September 27, 2013 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Stepping over to the e-side: Why I released Mountain Memories: True Stories and Half Truths exclusively as an ebook

Readers who have either met me briefly or who are life-long friends know that I am a champion for the printed word and Independent Booksellers. I’ll do just about anything to help those folk out which is why I dressed up in overalls and rode a stick pony while filming the…

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Added by Renea Winchester on September 26, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

Big weekend of authors in Hendersonville

Ann B. Ross and Robert Inman @ Fountainhead, Friday & Saturday

If you’re anywhere near Hendersonville this weekend, you may be gravitating to its semi-annual festival of literary activity, Bookapalooza, a multi-author event on Sat., Sept. 28; and to an Ann B. Ross talk on Fri., Sept. 27 at Fountainhead Books.

Ross is, of course, the author of the Miss Julia series, a character-rich, witty immersion in…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 25, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Rural Life Museum ribbon-cutting, exhibit & music

Rural Life Museum re-opens with big celebration at Mars Hill U.

It’s been seven years since the Rural Life Museum, a top history spot, closed down at Mars Hill College, now Mars Hill University, for renovation. On Sat., Sept. 28, it reopens—with performances, a major exhibit, and a reception, 2 to 5 p.m. The ribbon-cutting is at 3.

Mars Hill University is a pilgrimage site for people seeking archival materials…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 24, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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Added by Joe Perrone Jr. on September 9, 2013 at 8:56am — No Comments

Big author events this week: Akhtar; Shacochis; Kostova; Rash (as per Barbara Bates Smith)

Four major author events

Ayad Akhtar is coming to Appalachian State on Tuesday, Sept. 10. His novel, American Dervish, is this year’s Summer Read in Boone; and he’s the lead-off author in the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. See…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 7, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Bill Ramsey's new book "Now That I Think About It"

"Now That I Think About It" is a book of concise and original essays on topics including Washington politics, news makers, religion, family dynamics, reading and writing, love, hate, self destruction and the end of life. The essays are intended to stimulate thinking and social discourse. Available at Malaprops in the philosophy section. Also at Amazon.con, Barnes and Noble and on all e-readers.

Added by Bill Ramsey on September 5, 2013 at 11:09am — No Comments