Category Archives: Books

Ron Rash creates an impact in Floyd

Posted on May 24, 2006 by David St Lawrence

Author Ron Rash was introduced as one of the important new voices of the South and after listening to him, I believe that might be true. His complex tales and poems tell of loss and redemption, of real people with … Continue reading →

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Another argument for self-publishing

Posted on May 5, 2006 by David St Lawrence

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine. wrote The Long Tail, a brilliant article which first appeared in Wired in October 2004 and will become a book, published by Hyperion, on July 11, 2006. The concept was elegantly captured by this … Continue reading →

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Floyd’s Friends of the Library are on a roll

Posted on March 24, 2006 by David St Lawrence

Lee Smith, award winning Southern author, charmed a capacity crowd last night with stories of her life and how a college re-creation of Huck Finn’s Mississippi raft trip led to the writing of her recent novel, The Last Girls. With … Continue reading →

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Robert Morgan visits Floyd

Posted on March 16, 2006 by David St Lawrence

Best-selling author Robert Morgan is a man of many parts; poet, celebrated author, and Professor of English at Cornell University, so it was a treat to meet him recently at a Friends of the Library event in Floyd, VA. Here … Continue reading →

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