VCLA AUTHOR SERIES AT HANDLEY LIBRARY, VOL. 6: ED AYMAR & ANGIE KIM
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...
VCLA at Virginia Festival of the Book
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...
VCLA Author Series at Handley Library, Vol. 5: Tim Denevi
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...
VCLA PRESENTS: THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Question: What is the state of the publishing industry circa 2019? Answer: It’s complicated. So…how to get a handle on what’s going on, including what’s happened and what’s going to happen? Talk to some people deeply invested (and with...
Sean Murphy and E. Ethelbert Miller: On The Margin at WPFW 89.3
It was my considerable pleasure to have an extended chat with E. Ethelbert Miller last week on his weekly WPFW show “On the Margin.” A bit more about Ethelbert, here. And here’s a small, but beautiful taste of his poetic skills. This one, simply and...
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