Author: David McNair

Former George Garrett students, Carrie Brown (The Last First Day), R.H.W. Dillard (Understanding George Garrett),Kelly Cherry (, and biographer Casey Clabough (George Garrett: A Critical Biography) consider the literary life and work of the local writer, and famed UVA teacher, sometimes called “Maestro”: possibly the most variously gifted southern writer following Robert Penn Warren. Takes…

Cathal Armstrong (My Irish Table: Recipes From the Homeland and Restaurant Eve), (Andrea Chesman (Recipes from the Root Cellar), Caroline Grant (The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage), Ira Wallace (The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast,) and Joe Yonan (Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook) talk about food, family, and…

Nancy Peacock (The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, Carrie Brown (The Last First Day) and Jamie Quatro (I Want To Show You More) talk about what inspires their stories at New Dominion Bookshop today at 12pm.

Bus Lines Community Poetry seeks to promote poetry and flash fiction in public spaces and to provide opportunities for local writers of all ages to share their work in the wider world. Hosted by Susan Berres, Bus Lines Community Poetry Contest, Westley Kern, Charlottesville Area Transit. Downtown Transit Center at 6pm today.

Jim Herndon (Jack’s Shop: The Long Road Back), Otis Lee (From South Boston to Cambridge), and Loretta Veney, (Being My Mom’s Mom) discuss the memoir and life’s unexpected journeys at City Hall Chambers at 4pm today.