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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...

Book marks

There’s no denying it: Charlottesville is a wordsmith-rich town. Whether you’re looking for a page-turner for the...

A selection of local...

As the weather starts to turn cool, now is a good time to find a book to curl up with on those chilly, overcast days....

Stefan Bechtel’s new book...

For Charlottesville-based author Stefan Bechtel, mystery is the essence of life. “I grew up in Chicago, in the...

Up Close and Personal

By Ken Wilson –  Up and down Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall on a recent Saturday morning, the literati were looking....

A round-up of 2016’s...

There’s something about Charlottesville. Recently included in “The Ultimate 50-State Road Trip for Book Lovers,” this...

Joan Z. Rough pens...

In the epilogue of her book, Scattering Ashes: A Memoir of Letting Go, Charlottesville-based author Joan Z. Rough...

Anticipation

Charlottesville writer Charles Shields was not surprised to learn that more than 50 years after the publication of...