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Another world

Local romance author takes readers to places where love lies

Many angles

When Lisa Speidel joined the Sexual Assault Resource Agency in the early 1990s, she had no idea her work in sexual...

Taking covers

With the cancellation of the Virginia Festival of the Book, and recommendations to practice social distancing,...

Write here

It was a prolific year for local authors. Popular favorites like Rita Mae Brown, John Grisham, and Ann Beattie added...

Killer obsessions

By Benjamen Noble When Rachel Monroe began writing Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession...

Riding lessons

On six-week jaunts over several years, Charlottesville’s Chris Register crisscrossed the country on his bike,...

Essential voices

About 100 miles outside of Berlin, Germany, author Tim Mohr stood in a snowy field gripping an axe in his hands. He’d...

Dancing with disaster

After months of involvement with SURJ and Charlottesville Resistance Choir, author Adam Nemett saw the statue debate...

Making lemonade

It might not sound like a comedy: A twice-divorced single mom living with her mother tries to save money from her...

Drawing attention

A few months ago, artist Uzo Njoku was in the market for a new coloring book. She noticed that most coloring books...