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Fall for the Book
United States
Приєднався 4 січ 2018
Fall for the Book is an annual literary festival based in Fairfax, VA. Get a whole season of literary events at your fingertips, live and on demand. For more information, visit fallforthebook.org.
Uncovering the Mysteries of the Appalachians
Award-winning natural history author and photographer, Mark Hendricks, explores the ecological stories and preservation needs of the Central Appalachians - in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Using compelling storytelling, and stunning photography, he shares his insights about this local hotspot for biodiversity.
Mark Hendricks is the author of The Central Appalachians Mountains of the Chesapeake and Natural Wonders of Assateague Island.
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All photos provided courtesy of Mark Hendricks, except where otherwise marked.
Mark Hendricks is the author of The Central Appalachians Mountains of the Chesapeake and Natural Wonders of Assateague Island.
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All photos provided courtesy of Mark Hendricks, except where otherwise marked.
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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Poets
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A celebration of LGBTQ poets, featuring outgoing Fairfax Poet Laureate Danielle Badra, as well as Tanya Olson, author of Born Backwards, Jocelyn Heath, author of In the Cosmic Fugue, Jan Beatty, author of Dragstripping, and J. Jennifer Espinoza, author of I Don’t Want to Be Understood.
Fight Back Against the Data Grab
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In their new book, Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back. Ulises Ali Mejias and Nick Couldry argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism, but as the start of a new phase in human history that rivals in importance the emergence of historic colonialism. This new form of ‘data colonialism’ gives shape to a social ord...
Interactive Storytelling & Game Design
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Web developer and game designer Chris Klimas talks about the roots of the interactive text-based storytelling tool #Twine, and the potentials of nonlinear and multilinear storytelling in game design, fiction, poetry, and more. In 2009, Klimas created Twine, and continues to lead the project. Over the last two decades, he’s also created parser-based interactive fiction, choice-based narrative ga...
Chronic Pain & Illness, and the Problem with 'Pushing Through'
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Alyssa Graybeal, author of the memoir Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World, breaks down the problems of 'pushing through', and talks about the importance of disability awareness. #disabilityawareness
Hope in the Climate Change Discussion - Katharine Hayhoe
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In the 2023 Beck Environmental Lecture, Katharine Hayhoe delivers a message of hope, not dread about climate change, and climate change action. Learn how to connect your head to your heart to your hands in this inspiring discussion. Sponsored by Robert & Lucy Beck. #climatechange #climateactivism #climateaction
Underrepresented: Women in Politics & Policy
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Bonnie Stabile, author of Women, Power, and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation gives an overview of the key hurdles women face on campus and in politics - from sexual harassment, to labyrinthian reporting processes, to the ‘fairness’ of sexual misconduct proceedings. Stabile is co-author with Aubrey Leigh Grant. Buy the book here: bookshop.org/lists/25th-annual-fall-fo...
Speaking of Poetry
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Fairfax County Poet Laureate, Danielle Badra, explores grief, time, food, and identity in this conversation with Jennifer Grotz, author of Still Falling, and Zeina Azzam, City of Alexandria Poet Laureate and author of Some Things Never Leave You. Grotz explores the vastness of grief in her collection, and Azzam portrays the repeated experience of exile in hers. Buy the books here: bookshop.org/...
The Hidden & the Haunted
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Alix E. Harrow and Leopoldo Gout discuss the horrors found beneath the surface. Harrow’s Starling House is a gothic novel about a woman’s obsession with a sinister old manor, and Gout’s Piñata follows a family stalked by a malevolent force after unearthing a stash of artifacts in Mexico. #horrorstory Buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/25th-annual-fall-for-the-book-festival This event was recorde...
Libraries for All: Celebrating Civil Rights Heroes
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In Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries, Chris Barbuschak and Suzanne S. LaPierre, librarians in the Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room, highlight four Civil Rights leaders and their fight to desegregate libraries in Northern Virginia. From the father of DC basketball, to President Eisenhower’s window decorators, to the organizer of one of the first sit-ins in the nation, the...
Three Quick Questions with Kate Shaffer
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Chocolatier & cookbook author Kate Shaffer talks chocolate, chocolate, chocolate in this #FallfortheBook Mini Interview. Buy her chocolates: www.raggedcoastchocolates.com/ Find out more about Fall for the Book: fallforthebook.org/ Music - Ketsa - Stay with Me
Lyrical Motion: A Dance & Poetry Collaboration
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Lyrical Motion: A Dance & Poetry Collaboration
Whiskey Daze: A Nosing & Tasting Session with Shelley Sackier
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Whiskey Daze: A Nosing & Tasting Session with Shelley Sackier
Five Famous Women: Power, Positivity, & Diversity
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Five Famous Women: Power, Positivity, & Diversity
Penned Prompts with Tyler Barton & Morgan Talty
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Penned Prompts with Tyler Barton & Morgan Talty
Rikers Island and the Plastic Surgery Experiment
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Rikers Island and the Plastic Surgery Experiment
Breaking Down WALLS: Disinformation, Lies, and the Berlin Wall
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Breaking Down WALLS: Disinformation, Lies, and the Berlin Wall
Three Quick Questions with Brendan Slocumb
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Three Quick Questions with Brendan Slocumb
Holiday Cookie Decorating with Chef Peter Brett
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Holiday Cookie Decorating with Chef Peter Brett
The Forgotten History of Plymouth & the "First Thanksgiving"
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The Forgotten History of Plymouth & the "First Thanksgiving"
Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver - Alien Superstar Adventures
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Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver - Alien Superstar Adventures
The Global Prison Paradox - Raphael Rowe & David Skarbek
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The Global Prison Paradox - Raphael Rowe & David Skarbek
Design Your Own Mini Golf Hole with DJ Funkyfoot!
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Design Your Own Mini Golf Hole with DJ Funkyfoot!