The Fall for the Book Festival — based at George Mason University and taking place Sept. 21-26 throughout Northern Virginia, […]
I’m teaching a Creative Nonfiction workshop at George Mason University this semester, and while Augusten Burroughs isn’t on the syllabus,
Before my friend Kyle and I settled in to watch the second half of Carolina’s decisive victory in last night’s
Today’s scheduled interview, with N.C. sportswriter Brett Friedlander, has been slightly delayed, but with good reason. Friedlander is the co-author
Several events vying for attention on my personal calendar this weekend. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBQ5k1kpe8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecinemaartstheatre%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded]A few months back, I quoted on this blog
April is National Poetry Month, of course, and two of the Triangle’s independent bookstores are getting in on the action,
Most readers probably know Michael Sims best as the author of a series of critically acclaimed science books: Darwin’s Orchestra: An Almanac of
At a Writer’s Center happy hour last night, I had an interesting, if too brief, conversation with Virginia-based filmmaker Lonnie
In a loss that touches both North Carolina and the nation as a whole, legendary historian John Hope Franklin died
More than two months ago, I began asking when some of North Carolina’s bookstores might be hosting a visit by
David A. Taylor is the author of Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the
For whatever fluke of timing, I received nearly a half-dozen magazines in my mailbox (and email inbox) over the last