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Radford Reads Author Talk with Jim Minick
Venue: Radford Public Library, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Jim Minick
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2023
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
Radford Public Library presents A Radford Reads Author Talk with Jim Minick on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Event Schedule:
• 6:30 PM: Meet & Greet with Jim Minick
• 7:00 PM: Author Talk with Jim Minick

Local author Jim Minick’s newest nonfiction book, "Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall Kansas", tells the human story of this 1955 disaster, moment by moment, from the perspectives of those who survived. His spellbinding narrative connects this history to our world today.

Mr. Minick will speak about his writing with a focus on his most recent book, which will also be available for purchase and signing after the event.

Jim Minick is the author of five books, including the novel Fire Is Your Water and The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family, winner of the SIBA Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Award. He’s also written a collection of essays, Finding a Clear Path, two books of poetry, Her Secret Song and Burning Heaven, and he edited All There Is to Keep by Rita Riddle.

His honors include the Jean Ritchie Fellowship in Appalachian Writing, and the Fred Chappell Fellowship at University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Minick has also won awards from the Southern Independent Booksellers Association, Southern Environmental Law Center, The Virginia College Bookstore Association, Appalachian Writers Association, Appalachian Heritage, Now and Then Magazine, and Radford University. His poem “I Dream a Bean” was picked by Claudia Emerson for permanent display at the Tysons Corner/Metrorail Station. He’s garnered grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Augusta University, Georgia Humanities Council, and a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Minick’s work has appeared in many publications including Poets & Writers, Oxford American, Orion, Shenandoah, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, The Sun, Conversations with Wendell Berry, San Francisco Chronicle, Appalachian Journal, The Roanoke Times, and Still. He completed an MFA in fiction from UNC-Greensboro, where he was Fiction Editor for The Greensboro Review. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of English at Augusta University and Core Faculty at Converse College’s low-residency MFA program.

Links:

• http://www.jim-minick.com/wpdev/
• https://www.facebook.com/Jim-Minick-Fan-Page-352026648326

A meet & greet with light refreshments will precede the talk from 6:30-7:00 PM and the author talk starts at 7:00 PM.

Radford Public Library is located at 30 West Main Street in Radford, VA.

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For more information, visit: http://www.radfordva.gov/326/Library or https://www.facebook.com/radford.public.library or https://www.facebook.com/events/655400216632017/ or call 540-731-3621.