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Wednesday, March 247:30 a.m.Business Breakfast: Richard LeiderExecutive Coach and bestselling author of The Inventurers, Repacking Your Bags, The Power of Purpose and Whistle While You Work speaks about the importance of finding purpose in what you do.(Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Crown Automotive BMW of Charlottesville) Omni Hotel 12 p.m.Festival Opening: Anniversaries to Celebrate Opening remarks by John Stokes on the approaching 50th anniversary
of the Brown vs. the Board of Education decision. Come celebrate the tenth birthday
of the Virginia Festival of the Book with cakes from local bakeries. Skin Color Syndrome Among African AmericansAuthor William James discusses his book The Skin Color Syndrome in African Americans including issues of pigmentation discrimination and passing. Library Window Lounge Piedmont Virginia Community College 2 p.m.Vistas of Virginia: Recreational Travel PanelLocal photography and travel inspiration with authors Hullihen Williams Moore (Shenandoah: Views of Our National Park), Cara Ellen Modisett (Blue Ridge Parkway), and Mary Montague Sikes (Hotels to Remember). City Council Chambers ReadJoyce! ReadJoyce! Ulysses AloudEven if you have no prior knowledge of Ulysses, Prof. James Heffernan will briefly introduce the novel as a whole and then read a series of notable excerpts from it, concluding with the end of Molly Bloom's celebrated monologue. Gravity Lounge Memoirs of War and DisplacementWith authors Charles P. Roland (My Odyssey Through History), Ella E. Schneider Hilton (Displaced Person), and Amitai Etzioni (My Brother's Keeper). UVa Bookstore Everyday Grace: Mothering FaithJoin Splintered Light Bookstore for tea with artist and author Lee Pearson Knapp, who tackles identity, breastfeeding, and making a living out of mud with faith and wit. Splintered Light Bookstore The Man Who Would Not Die: New Fiction on Poe's LegacyAuthors Frank Lovelock (Lenore) and Mary Alice Gunter (Murder in the Poe Room) discuss the challenges of crafting fiction around the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Library Window Lounge Piedmont Virginia Community College Talk to the Animals: A PanelA panel for animal lovers with Eugene Linden (The Octopus and the Orangutan) and Barbara Bradlyn Morris (Crazy for Cats).(Charlottesville SPCA and Senior Center, Inc.) Senior Center 4 p.m.Why Write? Staying on the Writer's PathA conversation with Moseley Writers including Jennifer Elvgren, Lynn Hamilton, Deborah Prum, Anne Raustol, Lucy Russell, and Andy Straka. McIntire Room, Central Library Five Easy Poets: Reading and DiscussionNot really! They just make it look that way. Join Charlottesville poets Sharon Leiter (The Lady and the Bailiff of Time), Anne Bromley, Laurie Stoll Grimshaw, and Susan Shafarzek as they read and discuss benefits of joining a workshop. Moderated by Susan Williamson. (Rives Street Poets) Gravity Lounge Washington's Legacy in Slavery1999 National Book Critics Circle Award winner Henry Wiencek discusses his recent book, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves and the Founding of America. The Student Bookstore A Conversation on Activism: Sam SmithA conversation with editor of The Progressive Review Sam Smith, author of Why Bother? and The Great American Political Repair Manual. Moderated by Pablo Davis. UVa Bookstore Learning to Learn: A PanelWith authors Molly Ness (Lessons to Learn: Voices from the Front Lines of Teach For America), Marcia L. Conner (Learn More Now) and James Kauffman (Education Deform). UVa Curry School, Room G004A Duke: The Poems as Told to Laurance WiederReadings from the only edition of the complete poetry of John Wayne, as recited to poet Laurance Wieder. The Prism Asian Art Discoveries on the Antiques RoadshowLark E. Mason, Jr., the noted authority on Asian art known for his appearances on the Antiques Roadshow, shares his experiences from his 8 seasons with the hit PBS series and his over 20 years experience as an expert at Sotheby's. UVa Art Museum 5 p.m.Writer's Eye: Local Contest Award WinnersWinners of the annual Writer's Eye contest sponsored by the University of Virginia Art Museum will read from their work. (Writer's Eye sponsored in part by Barnes & Noble) Barnes & Noble 5:30 p.m.Getting the Career You WantKaren Dowd discusses her book The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Career You Want (and what to do once you have it!) FOCUS Women's Resource Center 6 p.m.Readings in Social ActivismWith authors Amitai Etzioni (My Brother's Keeper) and Sam Smith (Why Bother?: Getting a Life in a Locked-Down Land). UVa Bookstore 7 p.m.How Stories Affect Us: A Discussion with Martin PrechtelAuthor Martin Prechtel (The Toe Bone and the Tooth) will speak on how hearing certain ancient stories can metabolize the numbness of hate’s amnesia and fear’s insistence on simple solutions into a liquid of community-felt grief: the tangible basis of all peace and art. UVA Rouss Hall, Room 202 8 p.m.Love Me: An Evening with Garrison KeillorWriter and host of Minnesota Public Radio classic "Prairie Home Companion"
Garrison Keillor will read from and discuss his latest novel, Love Me. Chesapeake Bay Blues: Environmental IssuesAuthor Howard Ernst (Chesapeake Bay Blues) reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once in efforts to restore the Bay. (Virginia Museum of Natural History, UVa) Best Western Cavalier Inn
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