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Courtesy Bennett College Archives DepartmentBennett College alumna's book 'Belles of Liberty' highlights the role of women in Greensboro sit-insThe International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro is holding a book launch Saturday for “Belles of Liberty: Gender, Bennett College and the Civil Rights Movement in Greensboro, North Carolina." -
Amy Diaz/WFDDThis comes a few weeks after the trustees voted to keep the book "Call Me Max," about a transgender child, in the children’s section after a community member requested it be removed or relocated.
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Tara Gold has never experienced a book challenge during her four years as a media coordinator at Riverside High School in Durham. But preparing for one… -
The free event will include a wide range of panels for adults and children. -
This Saturday, the WFDD Book Club will discuss All the Beauty in the World. Meetings are at Scuppernong Books and Book Ferret at 11:00 a.m. WFDD Editorial Director Bethany Chafin recently spoke with author Patrick Bringley about his memoir that documents 10 years as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. -
April is National Poetry Month, and Wake Forest University is paying homage to one of its most renowned literary leaders, Maya Angelou. Erin McCollum, a… -
The event's focus remains on connecting writers to readers in Surry, Stokes, Alleghany and Yadkin counties. -
The 19th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors kicks off Thursday evening and continues through the weekend. -
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Author and NPR Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe talks with WFDD's David Ford about her new book HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience. -
A Winston-Salem bookstore and local youth organization are hosting an event this weekend featuring a panel of Black authors and a writing workshop for teens. Their goal is to empower young people. -
Chappell grew up in the mill town of Canton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In a documentary about his life, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” he said he carried the mountains with him whenever he went. He spent most of his career in Greensboro, writing and teaching in the graduate-level creative writing program he helped build.
