Thursday
March 21

Thursday, March 21

10 - 11:30 a.m.

Sticks and Stones

Explore rustic structures with authors Leola B. Pierce (Covered Bridges in Virginia) and stonemason Charles McRaven (Building with Stone). (WMRA)

City Council Chambers

Story of My Cookbook

Cookbook authors talk about writing, publishing, and marketing their books, featuring Angela Mulloy (Plantation Feasts and Festivities); Tara Seefeldt (The Wicca Cookbook); and Jannequin Bennett (Very Vegetarian)

Seasonal Cook

Writing Women's Lives

With authors Judy Light Ayyildiz (Nothing But Time), Nesta Ramazani (The Dance of the Rose and the Nightingale), Simone Poirier-Bures (Nicole), and Florence Bryant (Rebecca Fuller McGinness: A Lifetime). Moderated by Helena Cobham.

Senior Center

11 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m.

A Grand Delusion

America's Descent into Vietnam. With author Robert Mann.

Miller Center

12 - 1:30 p.m.

All in Favor, Say What?

Registered Parliamentarians Mary Loose DeViney, T. Page Johnson and Florence Nordone discuss the history and effective uses of Robert's Rules of Order, now in its Tenth Edition. (WMRA)

City Council Chambers

How We Get There Matters

A presentation on how various forms of transportation affect our community, the way we live and how we are connected to our surroundings. A workshop discussion will follow. (Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation).

McIntire Room, Central Library

Out in P rint

Gay literature with authors Bernard Mayes (Escaping God's Closet), Alex Sanchez (Rainbow Boys) and Kirk Read (How I Learned to Snap).

UVa Bookstore

Talk to My Agent

Literary agents Sandra Martin (Paraview) and Peter Steinberg (JCA Literary Agency) will discuss what they do and take questions from the audience.

UVa Rotunda

How to Make My Favorite Recipe

Authors Angela Mulloy, Tara Seefeldt, and Jannequin Bennett demonstrate recipes from their books.
Seasonal Cook

Cutting-Edge Books for Gardeners

A slide show and panel discussion exploring cut-flower gardening with Suzanne McIntire (American Cutting Garden) and Carol Church of Southern States (sponsored by the University Press of Virginia in cooperation with Piedmont Master Gardeners).

Piedmont Virginia Community College

2 - 3:30 p.m.

The Real, the Remembered and the Imagined: Folklife and Place.

With John O'Brien (A Home in the Heart of Appalachia), Daryl Dance (From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore) and Kimberly Lau (New Age Capitalism). Moderated by Jon Lohman. (WMRA)

City Council Chambers

Homes for the Homeless

With Dr. Ralph Nunez, author of The New Poverty (Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless).

McIntire Room, Central Library

Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor.

Dr. Peter A. Selwyn explores family history, secrets and loss in effective care (Program of Humanities in Medicine, UVa School of Medicine).

UVa Bookstore

Trumpet and Tumults: Memoirs of a Peacekeeper.

With author Indar Jit Rikhye. Moderated by Dr. John Echaverri-Gent (UVa South Asian Studies).

UVa Rotunda

Book Reviews

Discussion of craft and publishing by noted reviewers Alan Cheuse, Jennifer Howard and Bella Stander (sponsored by Meridian).

McGregor Room, Alderman Library

Saving Jefferson

With authors Frank Vander Linden (The Turning Point: Jefferson's Battle for the Presidency) and Marc Leepson (Saving Monticello).

The Student Bookstore

Novelists Near

With authors Rand Cooper and Ann Hood.

Piedmont Virginia Community College

The Examined Life

With authors Carl Clark (Pieces from My Mind), Susan Tyler Hitchcock (Coming About), Robert Sanabria (Stewing in the Melting Pot) and Christopher Phillips (Socrates Cafe).

Senior Center

4 - 5:30 p.m.

Men and Machines

With authors Evan Schwartz (The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television), Robert O'Connell (The Soul of the Sword) and Eric Seaborg (Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington). (WMRA)

City Council Chambers

Humor Me

Witty writing with authors Janis Jaquith (Birdseed Cookies), Daryl Dance (Honey, Hush!), Caroline Preston (Jackie by Josie) and Ronda Rich (What Southern Women Know That Every Woman Should). Moderated by Mariflo Stephens.

New Dominion Bookshop

MFA Graduates Reading

Poetry and fiction by UVa Creative Writing grads Carrie Brown (The House on Belle Isle) and Thorpe Moeckel (Odd Botany).

UVa Bookstore

Paradox and Irony in the Nursing/Technology Relationship

With Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, author of Devices and Desires: Gender, Technology and American Nursing (UVa School of Nursing).

UVa McLeod Hall

All About Book Clubs

With book club editor for Black Issues, Pat Houser, and book club members Joseph David, Jackie Brinton and Lilias Brinton.

Barnes & Noble

Tales of World War II

With authors Patrick O'Donnell (Into the Rising Sun), Robert Smith ("Medic!") Elaine Pinkerton Coleman (From Calcutta with Love: The World War II Letters of Richard and Reva Beard).

Senior Center

6 - 7:30 p.m.

Aftermath

Stories of life after loss with novelists Daniel Jones (After Lucy) and Amanda Cockrell (Pomegranate Seed).

New Dominion Bookshop

Refrain from Pain

Help yourself to pain-free and healthy living with Bernard Schatz, P.T.

Quest Bookshop

Landscapes, Urban and Rural

With photographer George Kousoulas (Washington, Portrait of a City) and author Minnie Lee McGehee (Mr. Jefferson's River). Slide show.

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds.

With Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.

Darden Center Auditorium

Voices of Adult Learners

Writers from area literacy and adult education programs share their stories (Regional Literacy Coordinating Committee).

Jefferson School

7:15 - 8:30 p.m.

Take a Hike

Hikers Jeff Alt (A Walk for Sunshine) Mary Burnham and Bill Burnham (Hike America: Virginia) and Su Clauson-Wicker (Inn to Inn Walking Guide: Virginia and West Virginia) discuss their books and experiences.

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports

7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

French Dirt

A presentation of Richard Goodman's book on gardening in France followed by a talk about French provinces and Provence by novelist Catherine Hermary-Vielle (Alliance Francaise).

Boar's Head Inn

8 - 9:30 p.m.

Novelists Reading

With Eric Kraft (Inflating a Dog, Leaving Small's Hotel), Bernice L. McFadden (This Bitter Earth, The Warmest December) and Elizabeth Benedict (Almost, The Joy of Writing Sex).

UVa Culbreth Theatre

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