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Program - VABook! 2005
Friday, March 18
10 a.m.
American Culture Classics
The fads, foundations, and fauna that made America. With Paul A. Cantor (Gilligan
Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization), Teresa Riordan (Inventing
Beauty: A History of the Innovations that Have Made Us Beautiful), Robert
Poole (Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made), and
Mark Derr (A Dog’s History of America). City
Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Titans: Black Men of the Twentieth Century
With biographers Ann Field Alexander (Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the
"Fighting Editor," John Mitchell Jr.), Wil Haygood (In Black and White:
The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.) and Carol Jenkins (Black Titan: A.G. Gaston
and the Making of a Black American Millionaire). McIntire
Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Let Them Eat Fiction
Deliciously funny novels! UPDATE: Jeanne Ray will be unable to attend the festival.
The program will continue with Laura Pedersen (Beginner’s Luck, Last
Call). New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
Love and War: Novel Reading and Discussion
Exploring lives changed forever by war with Masha Hamilton (The Distance
Between Us), Hans Koning (Zeeland), and Tammar Laufer Stein (Light
Years). UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
The Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe
With Hunter Drohojowska-Philp (Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia
O’Keeffe). UVa Art Museum
Rugby Road
The Mommy Chronicles
Share the comedy and drama of new motherhood with The Mommy Chronicles
authors Sara Ellington Behnke and Stephanie Triplett as they discuss "The Birth
of a Baby, the Birth of a Book." Joined by Andrea Buchanan (Mother Shock).
C'ville Coffee
1301 Harris Street
Through the Kaleidoscope: Views in Fiction and Painting
(see 11 a.m.)
11 a.m. (Note Time Change)
Through the Kaleidoscope: Views in Fiction and Painting
Join the husband-wife team of novelist Ann Beattie and painter Lincoln Perry
as they discuss the intersections of and influences on each other’s work.
UVa Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
Noon
Race in Virginia: Contending for Equality
With authors Peter Wallenstein (Blue Laws and Black Codes: Conflict, Courts,
and Change in Twentieth-Century Virginia) and J. Douglas Smith (Managing
White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia), winner
of the 2003 Library of Virginia Literary Award in nonfiction. (South Atlantic
Humanities Center)City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
More Than You Know: Novelist Reading
Join Rosalyn Story (More Than You Know) for a story of jazz, blues,
and the power of love in overcoming adversity. (African American Authors Book
Club) McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Gravity Lunch: Fiction Readings
With Tommy Hays (The Pleasure Was Mine), Nani Power (Sea of Tears),
Mary Sharratt (The Real Minerva), and June Spence (Change Baby).
Buffet lunch $7: call ahead for large groups 434-977-5590. Gravity
Lounge
103 S. First Street
Poetry Anthologies
The art and influence of the poetry anthology with Joseph Parisi (The POETRY
Anthology), David Rigsbee (Invited Guest), Don Selby (Poetry
Daily: 366 Poems), Sarah Kennedy (Common Wealth), and Lisa Russ
Spaar (Acquainted with the Night). UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Contemporary Literature of India and Pakistan
Join Robert Hueckstedt, Mehr Farooqi, and Griffith Chaussee for a brief introduction
to the current literary scene in South Asia, and readings of new translations
from Hindi and Urdu, the subcontinent's two major literary languages. Rotunda
UVa Central Grounds
Classics in the Background: Fiction Panel
Explore new fiction with relationships to books you love, with Katharine Weber
(The Little Women—Alcott’s Little Women), Karen
Siplin (Such a Girl—Austen’s Persuasion), and Michael
Pearson (Shohola Falls—Twain’s Huckleberry Finn).
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
2 p.m.
Bookish Obsessions
With Sara Nelson, editor-in-chief Publishers Weekly (So Many Books,
So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading), and A.J. Jacobs, Esquire
senior editor and NPR contributor (The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble
Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World). Moderated by Bella Stander.
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Bitter Pill: Health Care Conflicts of Interest
The New England Journal of Medicine’s former editor-in-chief
Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer (On the Take) describes the pervasive conflicts
of interest between drug companies, doctors, and researchers in American medicine.
Symptoms may include dangerous prescription choices, higher healthcare costs,
and unreliable research. (Fairness.com) McIntire Room,
Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Scandalous Women: Lives in Fact and Fiction
With Susan Tyler Hitchcock (Mad Mary Lamb), René Steinke (Holy
Skirts) and Eleanor Herman (Sex with Kings). New
Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
And the Winner Is: A Roundtable on Literary Awards
The value and meaning of literary awards with Katharine Weber (National Book
Critics Circle judge), Kenneth Robbins (AWP Novel Award and Toni Morrison Prize),
John Bensko (Yale Younger Poets Prize), Cary Holladay (O. Henry Prize) and J.
Douglas Smith (VA Literary Award for Nonfiction).Gravity
Lounge
103 S. First Street
Lines on the Mezzanine: Poetry Reading
With David Rigsbee (The Dissolving Island), Kate Gale (Mating
Season), and Jeffrey Levine (Rumor of Cortez). UVa
Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
The Boundaries of Her Body: Women’s Rights Discussion
With Debran Rowland (The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History
of Women's Rights in America). (UVa Women’s Center) UVa
Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library Auditorium
UVa Central Grounds
New Stories of the South 2004
The year’s best stories by Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (On Long Mountain:
Poems), R.T. Smith (Brightwood: Poems), and K.A. Longstreet (Night-Blooming
Cereus). Introductions by series editor, Shannon Ravenel. (South Atlantic
Humanities Center)Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
4 p.m.
Waterways West
Explore the history of American expansion in the books of Joel Achenbach (The
Grand Idea: George Washington’s Potomac and the Race to the West) and
Andrea Sutcliffe (Steam: The Untold Story of America’s First Great Invention).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Looking Back on Vietnam: Memoirs
Exploring the war and its legacies with Wayne Karlin (War Movies),
Tom Lacombe (Light Ruck: Vietnam 1969), and J. Holley Watts (Who
Knew? Reflections on Vietnam). Village School
215 E. High Street
Writing Short Stories: A Discussion
With Brad Barkley (Another Perfect Catastrophe: And Other Stories),
Lorraine Lopez (Soy La Avon Lady), Quinn Dalton (Bulletproof Girl),
and Alix Strauss (The Joy of Funerals). New Dominion
Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
The Queen of Education: Rules for Making Schools Work
An “after-school special” with LouAnne Johnson, author of the bestseller
Dangerous Minds (originally titled My Posse Don't Do Homework).
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street
Found in Translation: Writing Across Cultures
UPDATE: Han Ong will be unable to attend the festival. The cross-cultural exploration
will continue with Vyvyane Loh (Breaking the Tongue), Pearl Abraham (The
Seventh Beggar) and Esmeralda Santiago (The Turkish Lover). Moderated
by Bella Stander. UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Virginia’s Rare Books in an Electronic Age
Terry Belanger doesn’t want to “deprive the future of the past”;
he explains what rare books are and how to look after them. (Bibliographical Soc.
of UVa) UVa Harrison Institute /Small Special Collections
Library Auditorium
UVa Central Grounds
Poetry and Autobiography
Poets Claudia Emerson (Pinion, An Elegy), Sarah Kennedy (Double
Exposure), R.T. Smith (Brightwood), and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
(Black Swan) will read from recent work and discuss writing autobiography
in verse. Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
Celebration of Women Writers
A special reception produced by the UVa Women's Center in honor of the women
writers of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the Virginia Festival
of the Book. RSVP by March 15 if you would like to attend, 434-982-2911. Morea
House
Sprigg Lane, UVa Grounds
6 p.m.
The Investigated Life: Arguments for Literature and Philosophy
Reading and raising questions to improve your life with David Kirby (What
is a Book?) and Christopher Phillips (Six Questions of Socrates).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Imaginary Worlds: Fiction Panel
Magical worlds and alternate histories with Tee Morris (Billibub Baddings
and the Case of the Singing Sword), Sarah Micklem (Firethorn), Kim
Harrison (The Good, the Bad, and the Undead) and William Forstchen (Lost
Regiment series). McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Civil Rights Stories
Remembering a turbulent era with Dennis McFarland (Prince Edward),
Kenneth Robbins (City of Churches), and Clara Silverstein (White
Girl: A Story of School Desegregation). New Dominion
Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
Human Rights in Paraguay: Justice in America
Hear from Richard Alan White (Breaking Silence: The Case that Changed the
Face of Human Rights) about the celebrated Filártiga case of Paraguayan
torture and murder, which was decided in U.S. courts. (Amnesty International USA)
UVA Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Sunday Morning Memories
Statler Brother Don Reid (Sunday Morning Memories) recounts the charm
and quirks of life in a small-town church: choir, covered dish suppers, and the
blessings of faith and community. Splintered Light Bookstore
128 Chancellor Street
Diary of a Medical Intuitive: Book Discussion
Featuring Christel Nani (Diary of a Medical Intuitive) and her journey
from no-nonsense ER nurse to a healer and visionary. Quest
Bookshop
619 W. Main Street
American Girl Author: Valerie Tripp
Tripp will sign books from her American Girl and Hopscotch Hill
School series. Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
8 p.m.
Riffs and Romps: Poetry Reading
A word-lover’s jam session with James Reiss (Riff on Six: New and
Selected Poems), E. Ethelbert Miller (How We Sleep on the Nights We Don’t
Make Love), and Barbara Hamby (Babel). UVA
Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
From Law to Literature: Lawyers Who Write Suspense
With David Baldacci (Hour Game) and Linda Fairstein (Entombed).
Moderated by Tom Nolan. Culbreth Theatre
UVa Grounds
The Queen of Education II: More Rules for Making Schools Work
(NOTE VENUE CHANGE)
With LouAnne Johnson. (Curry School of Education) UVa
Jordan Hall Conference Center
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
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