Here are some notable literary events taking place around the Triangle during the week of 2/28 - 3/5:
RALEIGH
Kay now lives in Durham, North Carolina. After a life-time of being a professor of English, she spends her time writing and teaching Creative Writing as an adjunct professor at area colleges and universities.
Michael Hettich was born in Brooklyn, New York. He lives with his family in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He has published over a dozen books and chapbooks of poetry, and his work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies.
A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign--the last of its kind.
This brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.
WAKE FOREST
Have you ever wondered how expressive and emotive writing can help reduce your stress and improve your quality of living? Come to Page 158 Books to learn more about the different writing techniques that can help you diminish your anxiety from a high school senior working on their senior project at Franklin Academy High School.
Have you ever wondered how expressive and emotive writing can help reduce your stress and improve your quality of living? Come to Page 158 Books to learn more about the different writing techniques that can help you diminish your anxiety from a high school senior working on their senior project at Franklin Academy High School.
Love trivia? Love travel? Page 158 Books is excited to partner with APA Publications to bring travel trivia with Becky Chateauneuf.
Our entertaining Around the World in Words trivia quiz event will appeal to literature and travel-lovers alike, with rounds of questions such as…
US & World Literature Classics • Literature and Landmarks • Where in the World - Cities • Where in the World – Natural Wonders
We’ll even have a round of questions covering your local area. Prize awarded to the winner!!!
DURHAM
The Regulator welcomes authors Julius Scott and Vincent Brown for a reading and discussion. Scott and Brown will be joined in conversation by historian Julia Gaffield. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Co-sponsored by Duke's Forum for Scholars and Publics.
Julius S. Scott is Lecturer of Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan.
Vincent Brown is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
Julia Gaffield is a historian of the early-modern Atlantic World. She is a professor at Georgia State University, with a Ph.D. in History from Duke.
Free and open to the public.
Laurent Dubois is Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke University who is a specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world, with a focus on the Caribbean and particularly Haiti.
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he sang with the 2016 Transatlantic Sessions, and at the Transatlantic Session's debut at Merlefest in 2017.
CHAPEL HILL
Charles Ludington is teaching associate professor of history at North Carolina State University.
Matthew Morse Booker is associate professor of history at North Carolina State University.
Join UNC-Chapel Hill faculty discussion leaders at Flyleaf Books for a robust discussion of classic texts, ancient to modern. This semester, we are hosting one to two sessions per book. Every participant will receive a copy of the book before the first session. Each reading group will meet on successive Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Due to the nature of the reading groups, refunds cannot be offered. Seats are limited to 20 participants, so sign up early to reserve your spot!
Featuring Amelia Gibson, Assistant Professor of Information and Library Science
In the modern world we cannot avoid technology, but we can try to understand its effects on our society and culture. Join us for this spring’s interdisciplinary series of talks that explore the many ways technology is changing our lives, from the music we listen to, to the cars we drive, to the people we vote for, and much more.
All programs are held from 4:30-6:00 pm at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. Advance registrants can take advantage of our special FLYLEAF SEASON PASS and receive a discount on the purchase of all nine lectures.
In a wide-ranging analysis, Jennie Ratcliffe shows how the ecological and climate crisis is, at its heart, a spiritual and moral crisis, and how the social, economic, scientific, technological, and spiritual conditions that have led to overconsumption, reliance on growth amid inequality, and violence to each other and the earth community, are interconnected.
Jennie M. Ratcliffe, Ph.D. is an environmental research scientist, a longtime Quaker, and activist. She has worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Universities of London and North Carolina, and other institutions for over 40 years.
Born in Carthage, North Carolina, Lucean Arthur Headen (1879–1957) grew up amid former slave artisans. [In his lifetime, Headen] earned eleven patents, most for innovative engine designs and anti-icing methods for aircraft. An equally capable entrepreneur and sportsman, Headen learned to fly in 1911, manufactured his own "Pace Setter" and "Headen Special" cars in the early 1920s, and founded the first national black auto racing association in 1924, all establishing him as an important authority on transportation technologies among African Americans. Emigrating to England in 1931, Headen also proved a successful manufacturer, operating engineering firms in Surrey that distributed his motor and other products worldwide for twenty-five years.
Though Headen left few personal records, Jill D. Snider recreates the life of this extraordinary man through historical detective work in newspapers, business and trade publications, genealogical databases, and scholarly works.
Jill D. Snider is a historian and writer in Chapel Hill, NC. She holds a BA in English and a PhD in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has for the past 40 years combined careers as a technical writer, analyst, and historian.
PITTSBORO
When Kat Jamison retreats to the Blue Ridge Mountains, she’s counting on peace and solitude to help her make a difficult decision. Her breast cancer has returned, but after the death of her husband, her will to fight is dampened. Now she has a choice to make: face yet another round of chemotherapy or surrender gracefully.
But when lightning ignites a deadly wildfire, Kat’s cabin is cut off from the rest of the camp, separating [kids] Lily and Nirav from their parents. Left with no choice, Kat, the children, and the dogs must flee on foot through the drought-stricken forest, away from the ravenous flames. As a frantic rescue mission is launched below the fire line, Kat drives the party deeper into the mountains, determined to save four innocent lives. But when the moment comes to save her own, Kat will have to decide just how hard she’s willing to fight to survive–and what’s worth living for.
Want some feedback on your writing? Got something you need to finish up? Something for work? Something for school? An idea for a novel you’d love to get started on? A work in progress you’d like to make more progress on? Join Steve Peha, a professional writer and writing coach, and co-author of the 9-time award-winning book, Be a Better Writer, from 2PM-5PM, and the first Wednesday of every month.
He’ll be here in the Literature room to help you any way he can with any type of writing or writing goal. This is casual, comfortable, creative, and compassionate support from a writer who loves nothing better than helping other writers write with greater ease and satisfaction.
Price: FREE
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