Meet nature writer Leigh Ann Henion, author of “Night Magic:  Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Night.” In this lyrical book Henion describes the marvels of the night that many people don’t even know exist:  fireflies with synchronized blinking, salamanders migrating, owls nesting, glowworms squirming, moths transforming, bats flying, foxfire glowing, […]

Meet Bruce Holsinger, author of "Culpability," the Oprah Book Club pick for July 2025. "I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence,” Oprah said of her 116th book club selection. "Culpability" is a possibly a near-future, possibly contemporary thriller, that begs to be discussed and dissected, set at the strange new place where artificial […]

Join us for an evening in conversation with Beth Macy, discussing “Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in Fractured America”—a blend of memoir and reported analysis that examines the rural-urban divide through the lenses of downward mobility, political polarization, and the decline of local news. Macy is the New York Times bestselling author […]

Meet author, scholar, and poet Donna Coffey Little. Little has multiple advanced degrees, including a PhD in English from the University of Virginia. She has published articles, essays, and poems in many publications. Her first novel is the coming-of-age story “Wofford’s Blood,” based on a true story about James Daugherty Wofford, son of a white […]