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Author Talk with Jim Minick
Venue: Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Jim Minick
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Blacksburg Library presents an Author Talk with Jim Minick on Thursday, September 7, 2023.

Join us for a discussion by author Jim Minick as he reads from his new book, "Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall".

"Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas" tells the story of the F5 tornado that struck Udall, Kansas on May 25th 1955 with no warning. The Udall tornado was—and still is—the worst in the history of Kansas and one of the worst in U.S history. Without Warning tells the story of this town’s destruction and rebuilding through the eyes of those who survived, and this story provides insights into how we might move forward into our climate-changed future.

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

This event is free and open to all and books will be available to purchase.

The Blacksburg Library is located at 200 Miller Street in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735 or call 540-552-8246.