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A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

By James Folta | July 9, 2025

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

“The more I learned, the more I had to face that, in this job I’d volunteered myself for, total control was impossible.”

By Paula Whyman | January 6, 2025

Local Outsiders: On Growing Up Black in Appalachia

Local Outsiders: On Growing Up Black in Appalachia

Katrina M. Powell Explores the Long History of Migration and Displacement in a Majority White Region

By Katrina M. Powell | June 10, 2024

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Benjamin Taylor on the Early Years of America's Chronicler of the Great Plains

By Benjamin Taylor | November 15, 2023

The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

By Corinne Segal | August 25, 2022

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

Megan Mayhew Bergman on Where We Find Our Home

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | May 4, 2022

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This class on 'adulting' at a Virginia library looks ridiculous and I want to take it.

By Corinne Segal | December 3, 2019

Behold a new literary festival in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley!

Behold a new literary festival in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley!

By Bethanne Patrick | July 17, 2019

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Growing Up At Ground Zero of American Apartheid

Greg Bottoms on Historical Amnesia in the American South

By Greg Bottoms | May 1, 2019

The Abortion Clinic That Wasn't

The Abortion Clinic That Wasn't

A First-Hand Account of the Anti-Choice Movement's Mass Deception

By Emily Heiden | June 7, 2018

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Richmond, Virginia

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Richmond, Virginia

Home to Art Students, Southern Debutantes, and Edgar Allan Poe

By Chris L. Terry | April 6, 2018

The Sad Rush and Dark Power of Firing a Gun

The Sad Rush and Dark Power of Firing a Gun

James Boice Finds America at the Gun Range

By James Boice | November 18, 2016

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The Wife (a Writer) Interviews the Husband (Also a Writer)

Carrie Brown talks with John Gregory Brown About His New Novel

By Carrie Brown | June 28, 2016

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

Lee Clay Johnson Finds a Post-MFA Writer's Paradise

By Lee Clay Johnson | May 16, 2016