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Venue Details

UVa Bookstore

400 Emmet Street S
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434)924-3721

Nearest Parking

UVa Central Grounds Parking Garage

Accessibility of Location

handicap parking on 1st floor of garage near elevators (bear to the right upon entrance), one reserved handicap space available at the back of parking garage, and some handicap spaces are outside the garage (adjacent to the parking garage’s front entrance, however they are usually full unless it’s early in the morning (i.e. 7 am)); handicap accessible restrooms; easy to maneuver inside store; assistance is available upon request for those who would like to enter the text department; wide doorways inside; automatic doors at entrance.

Events at this Venue

Please note, the program schedule is constantly being updated. Check back often for additions, changes and cancellations.

Science Writers Tackle the Taboo Wed. March 21st, 2:00 PM Science writers Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife) and Elizabeth Royte (Garbageland: On the Secret Trail of Trash) discuss the challenges of writing about topics not fit for polite conversation. Moderator: Jeanne Siler

Featuring: Mary Roach Elizabeth Royte

The Stories Not Being Told: with War Letters editor Andrew Carroll Wed. March 21st, 4:00 PM Andrew Carroll is the founder of the Legacy Project, which preserves letters of Americans who served in wartime. He is the editor of Grace Under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War and Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Homefront in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families. Sponsored by UVa Bookstore. Moderator: Art Beltrone

Featuring: Andrew Carroll

The Civil War: Lessons for Today's Wars Wed. March 21st, 6:00 PM Join William Freehling (The Road to Disunion, Vol. II) and Peter Onuf (Nations, Markets and War: Modern History and the American Civil War) in a lively discussion of how motives and machinations then help us understand what is happening now. Refreshments following courtesy of Bryan Hagen, Merrill Lynch. Sponsored by UVa Bookstore. Moderator: Roberta Culbertson

Featuring: William Freehling Peter Onuf

Virginia's Civil War Wed. March 21st, 8:00 PM Historian Ed Bearss (Fields of Honor) will discuss Civil War events and battles that took place in Virginia, relating little-known facts, fascinating characters, and an intimate knowledge of terrain and troop movement. Refreshments before this event, courtesy of Bryan Hagen, Merrill Lynch. Hosted by National Geographic Society. Sponsored by UVa Bookstore. Moderator: Len Riedel

Featuring: Edwin Cole Bearss

Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality Thu. March 22nd, 2:00 PM Explore the relationship between medical practice and the emotional events surrounding death with Dr. Pauline W. Chen, author of Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality. Hosted by Virginia Quarterly Review. Moderator: Ted Genoways

Featuring: Pauline W. Chen

New Fiction: UVa Creative Writing Alumni Reading Thu. March 22nd, 4:00 PM Join M.F.A. program alums Ravi Howard (Like Trees, Walking) and Laura Dave (London is the Best City in America) for a reading from their new novels. Moderator: Jeb Livingood

Featuring: Laura Dave Ravi Howard

Barbie Dolls, Ginseng, Moonshine, and Moonpies: Americana Thu. March 22nd, 6:00 PM With Americana chroniclers Shari Caudron (Who are You People? A Personal Journey into the Heart of Fanatical Passion in America), David Magee (Moonpie: Biography of an Out-of-This-World Snack), David A. Taylor (Ginseng, the Divine Root), and Neal Thompson (Driving with the Devil: How Southern Moonshine and Detroit Wheels Collided to Ignite NASCAR). Sponsored by the We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Moderator: Jon Lohman

Featuring: Shari Caudron David Magee David A. Taylor Neal Thompson

Reconstructions: Fiction with Mark Childress and Donald McCaig Thu. March 22nd, 8:00 PM Donald McCaig (Canaan) and Mark Childress (One Mississippi) read from and discuss their novels of the Post-Civil War and Post-Civil Rights South. Hosted by the Library of Virginia in celebration of the Virginia Literary Awards. Moderator: Hoke Perkins

Featuring: Mark Childress Donald McCaig

Changing the Constitution: The 14th Amendment and Judicial Activism Fri. March 23rd, 12:00 PM Originally scheduled author, Kermit Roosevelt III, will not be able to attend this event. Garrett Epps (Democracy Reborn), and Dahlia Lithwick (NPR and Slate.com judicial analyst) discuss Supreme Court activism, the Constitution and American society. Sponsored by the We the People Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Moderator: Dahlia Lithwick

Featuring: Garrett Epps Dahlia Lithwick

Music of the Spheres: A Poetry Reading Fri. March 23rd, 2:00 PM A lyrical, spiraling, widening gyre of poetry performances. Debut collections by Victoria Chang (Circle), Ann Hudson (The Armillary Sphere) and Eric McHenry (Potscrubber Lullabies). Moderator: Jennifer Chang

Featuring: Victoria Chang Ann Hudson Eric McHenry

Short Suite: Fiction Trio Fri. March 23rd, 4:00 PM Reading and discussion from short story writers Steve Watkins (My Chaos Theory), R.T. Smith (Uke Rivers Delivers), and David Lynn (Year of Fire). Moderator: Mitzi Ware

Featuring: David H. Lynn R. T. Smith Steve Watkins

Women, Violence and Survival Fri. March 23rd, 6:00 PM Ann Jones (Kabul in Winter) and Terri Jentz (Strange Piece of Paradise) will discuss their experiences with violence, both personal and war-related. Hosted by Amnesty International. Moderator: Roberta Culbertson

Featuring: Terri Jentz Ann Jones

Interrogations: A Poetry Reading Fri. March 23rd, 8:00 PM Join Kevin Young (For the Confederate Dead) and David Wojahn (Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems) for poems of cultural inquiry and spirit-searching. Sponsored by the City of Charlottesville. Moderator: Kevin McFadden

Featuring: David Wojahn Kevin Young

All Governments Lie--and Journalists Who Told the Truth Sat. March 24th, 10:00 AM Myra MacPherson (All Governments Lie: The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone ) and Dorothy Fall (Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar), discuss two journalists unafraid to tell the truth. Moderator: Tico Braun

Featuring: Dorothy Fall Myra MacPherson

A Woman's World: Travel, Career, and Loving Life Sat. March 24th, 12:00 PM Authors Marybeth Bond (50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America), Connally Gilliam (Revelations of a Single Woman: loving the life i didn't expect), and Melissa Kirsch (The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything) explore multiple aspects of women's worlds. Moderator: Barbara Noe

Featuring: Marybeth Bond Connally McCrary Gilliam Melissa Kirsch

Women's Voices Re-envisioned: A Poetry Reading Sat. March 24th, 2:00 PM Poets Hilary Holladay (The Dreams of Mary Rowlandson) and Judith Hall (Three Trios) imagine the hidden meanings and possibilities within a 1682 Indian captivity narrative and the apocryphal Book of Judith. Moderator: Sarah Kennedy

Featuring: Judith Hall Hilary Holladay

New Asian American Poetry Sat. March 24th, 4:00 PM Kundiman presents American Book Award winner Kimiko Hahn (The Narrow Flight to the Interior) and 2005 Agha Shahid Ali Prize winner Bino Realuyo (The Gods We Worship Live Next Door). Hosted by Kundiman. Moderator: Sylvia Chong

Featuring: Kimiko Hahn Bino A. Realuyo

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: Sports and the Black Athlete Sat. March 24th, 8:00 PM A conversation with William C. Rhoden (Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete) and M. Rick Turner, PhD., President, Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP. Moderator: M. Rick Turner, PhD.

Featuring: William C. Rhoden

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