by Admin | May 25, 2019 | Event
New name. Same organization. Only more so. The Virginia Center for Literary Arts (VCLA) is now 1455. Who? Why? What? How? Where? Let me tell you a story. I’m a lifelong and very proud native son of The Old Dominion, and as such the original name Virginia Center...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Author Series, Event
All of the readings thus far in VCLA’s Author Series have been special, but it’s possible this was the most organic –and symbolic– one yet. I was first introduced to novelist Ed Aymar via a mutual friend (who in turn was introduced to me by a...
by Admin | Mar 28, 2019 | Author Series, Event
Having spent more than a decade of my professional career attending the annual CES in Las Vegas, I know a thing or two about large conferences (and CES, one of the world’s biggest, definitely includes the good, bad, and especially ugly that come with any big...
by Admin | Mar 26, 2019 | Event
10-10:55 am Opening statement & Why We Write workshop- Sean Murphy Most writers come to understand, usually early on, that this craft is not a shortcut to fame and fortune. In fact, in an increasingly digital market, even non-fiction writers may find they’re...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2019 | Author Series
It was fantastic to collaborate again with the great folks from my alma mater, George Mason University. My friend Matt Davis, who directs the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center (and who was with us for Ahmed Naji’s reading in January), returned to Handley...