Leah Esslinger spends her time exploring the hills and the history of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She earns her daily sourdough as a writer and researcher, currently working on a podcast and oral history project documenting Black life in Charlottesville, Virgina.
Events

Mid-Century Fiction Lunch
March 25, 2023
12PM – 1:30PM
Ticketed Event
From Jamila Minnicks, winner of the 2021 Penn/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction, and Sadeqa Johnson, the Library of Virginia People’s Choice award-winning author, come two novels set in the 1950s.