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Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents Marc Leepson
No full textOn Tuesday, September 11, 2012 the Friends of the Janet D. Greenwood Library hosted its fall event, which featured an evening with Marc Leepson. Leepson is a journalist, historian and the author of seven books, including Lafayette: Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011), a concise biography of the famed Marquis de Lafayette
Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents Ron Smith
No full textVirginia Poet Laureate Ron Smith spoke and read at Longwood University April 14, 2015 in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Smith, a longtime professor and celebrated poet, is currently writer-in-residence at St. Christopher’s School in Richmond. He is the author of Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery, Moon Road and Its Ghostly Workshop. He will speak and read from his poetry on April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Greenwood Library atrium. The event is free and open to the public.
I’m excited to bring Ron Smith, poet laureate of the Commonwealth, to speak at Longwood during National Poetry Month, said Suzy Szasz Palmer, dean of Greenwood Library. Virginia is rich in its history but also in its depth of literary writers. Fiction and nonfiction typically garner more public attention, but it’s vitally important to celebrate the role of poetry in our culture. Virginia’s poet laureates serve for two-year terms, and Mr. Smith is the third poet laureate we’ve hosted since I came to Longwood in July 2011, thanks to the Friends of the Greenwood Library.
Many of Smith’s poems center on his time in college at the University of Richmond, where he played football on the Tangerine Bowl championship team. He also holds a master’s degree from VCU
Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents Candice Ransom
No full textOn March 21, 2013, children\u27s and young adult author Candice Ransom spoke at Greenwood Library for the spring Friends of the Library event.
Ransom spoke of her work, which includes board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade fiction, “tween” fiction, biographies, and nonfiction. She also spoke of her fascination for abandoned property in Virginia, some of which is featured in our special collection Candice Ransom: Looking for Home
Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents Emilie Richards
No full textAward-winning fiction author Emilie Richards discussed her works at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 1 in Greenwood Library at Longwood University. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Janet D. Greenwood Library, was preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. and followed by a book signing. Books for sale at the event include Happiness Key, Fortunate Harbor, and Sister\u27s Choice.Richards\u27 newest book, A Truth for a Truth, was available for pre-sale.
Richards is author of more than 60 fiction novels focusing on family and romance. Many of her novels feature complex characterizations and in-depth explorations of social issues, a result of her training and experience as a family counselor. Some of her popular series include Happiness Key, Ministry is Murder, Shenandoah Album, and Men of Midnight. In 2004 Richards began a series of single-title novels focused on quilting. The novels were inspired by her work as a volunteer teaching quilting to residents of the Arkansas Ozark Mountains while she was an undergraduate student at Florida State University. In 1994 she earned the RITA Award, the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romantic fiction, from the Romance Writers of America. She also earned a career achievement award from Romantic Times magazine and has been interviewed on both television and radio and quoted in Reader\u27s Digest
Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents Judge Johnston
No full textJudge J. Samuel Johnston spoke on March 4, 2011 in the Greenwood Library where he regaled us with lighthearted stories from the bench
Friends of the Greenwood Library Presents William Freehling
No full textDr. William W. Freehling, a noted historian and author of four books on the Civil War, gave a talk titled “Can Coincidences Change History? The Coming of the Civil War as a Test Case” at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7 in the Greenwood Library. The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Janet D. Greenwood Library, was preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. and followed by a book signing.
Books for sale at the event include Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854 (Vol. 1); Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (Vol. 2); and The South vs. the South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War.
Freehling, a senior fellow with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, has taught at Berkeley and Harvard and held professorships or endowed chairs at Michigan State, the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Kentucky. He has written four books on the American Civil War, three of them prize winners. His Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina (Oxford University, 1965) was awarded the Nevins and Bancroft Prizes. He is currently working on a book about Abraham Lincoln.
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Time: Reception at 6:00 pm, Lecture at 7:00 pm
Location: Atrium of the Greenwood Librar
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