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Tommy Hays, author of In the Family Way and The Pleasure Was Mine. Website The Pleasure Was Mine review Audio on his inspiration Audio about Alzheimer's Rick Bragg, author of All Over... Read More »

Oksana Kulakova of Donetsk, Ukraine talks about adjusting to Asheville

Oksana Kulakova in an Interview with Rebecca Williams, Together We Read Oral History Coordinator, April 2, 2008. Listen to Oksana We just moved here. My dad, he didn’t want to move, so he stayed i... Read More »

Alexander Petrovets of Latvia talks about the American dream in Asheville

Alexander Petrovets in an Interview with Rebecca Williams, Together We Read Oral History Coordinator, April 15, 2008. Listen to Alexander Right now, I’m doing not too bad. I have my own small busi... Read More »

Edwin Wotortsi of Ghana talks about coming to the U.S. in third grade

Edwin Wotortsi in an Interview with Rebecca Williams, Together We Read Oral History Coordinator, April 17, 2008. Listen to Edwin I’m from Ghana, West Africa. I lived a few miles away from the city... Read More »

Patrick Tappia, Director of Latino Advocacy Coaltion in Henderson County, talks about 287(g)

Patrick Tappia in an Interview with Rebecca Williams, Together We Read Oral History Coordinator, April 18, 2008. Listen to Patrick. In Henderson County, the sheriff’s office has adopted a program ... Read More »

Immigration: A Journey Through Pictures and Words

Together We Read presents: Immigration: A Journey Through Pictures and Words Friday, May 16, 6:00-8:00p.m. Children First Family Resource Center at Emma; 37 Brickyard Rd. Asheville (see directions ... Read More »

Carla Juliana Saquicela Villa of Ecuador talks about learning English

Carla Juliana Saquicela Villa in an interview with Rebecca Williams for Together We Read, April 16, 2008 Listen to Carla Juliana. Read the transcription: When I came here I used to live in Swannan... Read More »

Susan Barringer Wells family murder/lynching investigation, "A Game Called Salisbury"

AXE-MURDER FOLLOW-UP Salisbury author probes axe-murders and lynchings In “A Game Called Salisbury,” Susan Barringer Wells presents the story of a series of murders and retributive lynchings that ... Read More »

Classic Photos of WNC from the Jim Coman collection

Blowing Rock updraft, photographer unknown, from Jim Coman collection Cherokee Ballplayers c1970, photographer unknown, from Jim Coman collection Dedication of Vance Birthplace1968, photography ... Read More »

Book Feature: Jhumpa Lahiri, global novelist, speaks to Americans with “Unaccustomed Earth”

Jhumpa Lahiri, global novelist, speaks to Americans with “Unaccustomed Earth” by Rob Neufeld Global consciousness is becoming our reality just as the global economy becomes something we can’t ignor... Read More »