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Gods of Noonday/The Tour
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My parents and me, left, at a wedding, Eku area, 1963. |
Elaine Neil Orr will lecture on the twin influences in her young life―American medical missions and Nigerian culture. As an adult, her battle with her own life-threatening illness led to a healing process that took her not only to Duke Medical Center but back to West Africa.
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November 12 - 13/Friday - Saturday |
DURHAM, NC
North Carolina Memoir Writing Workshop
Durham, NC
Tel: Forthcoming
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November 10/Wednesday/12:00 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
North Carolina State University
"Friends of the Library" Annual Fall Luncheon
Jane S. McKimmon Center
Corner of Western Boulevard and Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC
Tel: (919) 515-2841 (contact Marylu Lawrence)
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October 23/Saturday/10:00 a.m. |
CINCINNATI, OH
Reading and Discussion
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church/Joseph-Beth Bookstore
8645 Kenwood Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Tel: (513) 731-7770, Ext. 114 (contact Carolyn Crumpler or
Sarah Hall)
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October 2/Saturday/10:00 a.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
"A New York Agent and Six of Her Southern Writers"
Quail Ridge Books
3522 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel: 919-828-7912 (contact Rene Martin)
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September 26/Sunday/6:00 p.m. |
EASLEY, SC
Reading and Discussion
First Baptist Church
300 East First Avenue
Easley, SC 29640
Tel: 864-859-4052 (contact John Adams)
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September 26/Sunday/10:00 a.m. |
GREENVILLE, SC
Reading and Discussion
First Baptist Church
847 Cleveland Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Tel: 864-370-2424, Ext. 126 (contact Michelle McClendon)
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June 23/Wednesday/5:00 p.m. |
COLUMBIA, SC
Reading and Discussion
Happy Bookseller
4525 Forest Drive
Columbia, SC 29206
Tel: 803-782-2665 (contact Andy Graves)
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June 12/Saturday/7:30 p.m. |
RESTON, VA
Reading and Discussion
Barnes & Noble / Spectrum Center
1851 Fountain Drive
Reston, VA 20190
Tel: 703-437-9490 (contact Kelly Cieslak)
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May 21 - 30/Friday - Sunday |
LOUISVILLE, KY
Faculty Member
Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program
Gods of Noonday is featured Creative Non-Fiction book of the residency
Tuesday 25th, 7:30 p.m.
Reading at The Brown Hotel, Crystal Ballroom, 335 West Broadway
Lecture, "The Usefulness of Dreams" (Date/Time TBA)
Tel: 800-896-8941, Ext. 2423 (contact Karen Mann)
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May 18/Tuesday/4:00 p.m. |
SOUTHERN PINES, NC
Reading and Discussion
The Country Bookshop
140 NW Broad Street
Southern Pines, NC 28387
Tel: 910-692-3211 (contact Joan Scott)
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May 2/Sunday/1:00 p.m. |
VIENNA, VA
Expat / International Book Event
Jammin' Java Cafe
231 East Maple Avenue
Vienna, VA
Tel: 703-534-4154 (contact Patricia Linderman)
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April 23 - 25/Friday - Sunday |
DURHAM, NC
"Lifeboats: Journals and Dialysis"
Vital Lines, Vital Signs Conference
Saturday 24th, 1:00 p.m.
Duke University
Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities
Tel: 919-668-9000 (contact Nikki Vangsnes)
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April 18/Sunday/3:30 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
North Carolina Literary Festival
"Reflections of an Autobiographer"
North Carolina State University
Bostian Hall, Room 3712
Tel: 919-513-7315 (contact Laura Hudson)
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April 12/Monday/7:00 p.m. |
OGBOMOSHO, NIGERIA
Reading at Green Memorial Chapel
Baptist Medical Center
(contact Mr. Burster Iyere, bmco@skannet.com)
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April 7/Wednesday/6:30 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
Book Club, Raleigh
Tel: 919-781-5210 (contact Elizabeth Beam)
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April 5/Monday/7:00 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
"Growing Up Global and Always Leaving Home"
with Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel
Saint Mary's School
900 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Tel: 919-424-4135 (contact Margaret Grissom)
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April 3/Saturday/7:00 p.m. |
DURHAM, NC
Introduction of Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel, Editors
Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Global
Regulator Bookshop
720 Ninth Street
Durham, NC 27705
Tel: 919-286-2700 (contact Tom Campbell)
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March 26 - 28/Friday - Sunday |
AUSTIN, TX
"Jinxed: Growing Up White in Yoruba"
Africa Conference 2004
Perspectives on Yoruba History and Culture
Friday 26th, 2:00 p.m.
University of Texas at Austin
(contact Ann Genova, annabell@mail.utexas.edu)
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March 24/Wednesday/6:30 p.m. |
CARY, NC
Westwood Baptist Church
830 High House Road
Cary, NC 27513
Tel: 919-467-6672 (contact Cora Gates)
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March 16/Tuesday/7:30 p.m. |
CARY, NC
Barnes & Noble
760 Southeast Maynard Road
Cary, NC 27511
Tel: 919-467-3866 (contact Linda Maloof)
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March 7/Sunday/11:00 a.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
Book Club
(contact Michelle Putterman)
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March 3/Wednesday/6:45 p.m. |
DURHAM, NC
Watts Street Baptist Church
800 Watts Street
Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919-688-1366 (contact Rev. Mel Williams, Pastor)
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February 28 - 29/Saturday - Sunday |
COLUMBIA, SC
"Healing Through Words: Writing as Therapy"
Saturday 28th, 1:00 p.m.
South Carolina Book Festival
South Carolina State Fairgrounds (Salon)
Tel: 803-771-2477 (contact Vicki Parsons)
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February 1/Sunday/6:00 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
New Book Club
Inaugural Meeting
(contact Garnet Bass)
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January 28/Wednesday/8:00 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
Reading at North Carolina State University
Tompkins Hall
Sponsored by Creative Writing, Guy Owen Series
(contact Wilton Barnhardt)
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January 25/Sunday/3:00 p.m. |
ATLANTA, GA
DeKalb County Public Library, Main Branch
Lecture and Reading
(taped by public radio syndicated show SPOKEN WORD)
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA 30030
Tel: 404-370-3070 Ext. 2225 (contact Bill Starr)
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January 20/Tuesday/11:30 a.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
Book Club
(contact Kathy Auman)
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January 16/Friday/12 noon |
RALEIGH, NC
Literary Round Table, Duke Medical Center
Tel: 919-682-6124 (contact Gray Brown, Cultural Services Program)
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January 13/Tuesday |
GREENSBORO, NC
12 noon Greensboro Public Library
Bag lunch meeting with the author
219 N. Church Street
Greensboro 27401
(Parking in the Church Street deck will be validated)
Tel: 336-373-3617 (contact Beth Sheffield)
7 p.m. Barnes & Noble
3102 Northline Avenue
Tel: 336-854-0691 (contact Becky Carignan)
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January 8/Thursday/6:30 p.m. |
RALEIGH, NC
THE CLASS (memoir writing group)
Tel: 919-781-2203 (contact
Mamie Potter)
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January 6/Tuesday |
CHARLOTTE, NC
12 noon SIM (Serving in Mission) Headquarters
Reading and Discussion
14820 Choate Circle
Charlotte, NC 28273
Tel: 704-587-1546 (contact Phyllis Lloyd)
7 p.m. Barnes & Noble ―
Arboretum
Corner of Highway 51 and
Providence
Lecture and Discussion
Tel: 704-341-9481 (contact Lynn Payne)
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