Author Mike Allen ★ On why he's trying to scare us (Episode 3.5)
Poet, writer, editor, publisher, and journalist Mike Allen is trying to scare us. And he's succeeding. With another collection out now from his own M...
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Authors, readers, and resident city builders gather in BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke to discuss how the written word shapes our identity and helps us act in the world. BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke projects explore engagement and equity at the intersection of books and place.
★ Kissing a Tree Surgeon with Eleanor Levine (Episode 3.3)
A conversation with author Eleanor Levine is as wide ranging and unexpected as her stories. Following her book of poetry, Waitress at the Blue Moon Pi...
Reader Thomas Fellers ★ Building community through social infrastructure (Episode 3.3)
Roanoke resident Thomas Fellers offers two books for a conversation on social infrastructure as we continue an exploration of Alone / Together: What d...
The Power of Disruption ★ Brad Stephens on Ann Patchett's BEL CANTO
In season 3, we ponder the theme Alone/Together: What pulls us into community and stands us apart. In Ann Pachett's Bel Canto (HarperCollins, 2001), t...
SCHOLARSHIP BOY Larry I. Palmer ★ On kinship and success
Larry I. Palmer, the author of Scholarship Boy: Meditations on Family and Race (Paul Dry Books, 2020), attended Phillips Exeter Academy at 14, boardin...
Kris Spisak ★ Empowerment in the editing process
Roanoke native Kris Spisak writes, edits, and coaches writers through professional services, a podcast, a blog, two books, and creative workshops. In ...
Book No Further's Doloris Vest ★ Behind the scenes at Roanoke's independent book store
We caught up with Doloris Vest, proprietor of Book No Further, the independent book store on Roanoke's historic city market to get a glimpse behind th...
The Revivalist's' Mark Lynn Ferguson ★ Roanoke in the Appalachian South
Celebrating 10 years of "Word from the Appalachian South," The Revivalist's Mark Lynn Ferguson reflects on Appalachian craft, food and literature in a...
Sandee McGlaun ★ Writing, healing and crafting a nonfiction voice
Sandee McGlaun is an associate professor of English and the director of the writing center at Roanoke College. She writes nonfiction as well as poetry...
Artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson ★ On building a collective and creating with purpose
Artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson recently installed a sculptural series, "Rhapsody in Knowledge," in front of Roanoke's Melrose Library. In this conver...