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Gary Geddes

Gary Geddes authored the poetry collection Skaldance and the travel memoir Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things. A Canadian author and editor of more than thirty books and literary anthologies, he has won national and international awards including the America's Best Book Award and the Gabriela Mistral Prize.

Appearing

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Travel to Difficult Climes

Fri. March 23rd, 8:00 PM

Explore with John Kropf (Unknown Sands: Journeys Around the World's Most Isolated Country), Gary Geddes (Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas), and Mark Jenkins (Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic).


Moderator: Lisa Thomas

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Location:

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
1125 Emmet Street
(434)977-4400
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Closing the Distances: A Poetry Reading

Sat. March 24th, 10:00 AM

A tour of the heart's geography with Stephen Cushman (Heart Island), Gary Geddes (Skaldance), and Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (Without a Philosophy).

Sponsored by the Library of Virginia in celebration of the Virginia Literary Awards.
Moderator: Debra Nystrom

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Location:

New Dominion Bookshop
404 East Main St.
(434)295-2552
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