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Books By The Banks 2019

The 13th Annual Books By The Banks Cincinnati USA Book Festival will be held Saturday, October 26 the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati. Along with more than 100 authors who will talk with patrons and sign copies of their books, there will be author panels and discussions; a kids zone and teen scene with a variety of activities and entertainment; sponsor tables; and an onsite bookstore from Joseph Beth Booksellers.Cincinnati Public Radio will have a table - stop by and say hi to the hosts and staff, sign-up to win a CD or other prize, and let us know what you think about our stations! This event is free to attend, and runs from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.More information can be found at booksbythebanks.org.91.7 WVXU is a proud media partner.We've had the opportunity to interview, or review, many of the authors you'll meet at this year's Books by the Banks . Here's a list if you'd like to hear from one of your favorites! BBTB 2019 AUTHORS WHO HAVE BEEN ON WVXU THIS YEARConnie Dow: From A to Z with Energy! 26 Ways to Move and PlayTerry Gamble: The EulogistJessica Strawser: Forget You Know MeAlexander Watson: Saucy Boat, Stout Mates, Spotted Dog, AmericaMargaret McMullan: Where The Angels LivedCandace Ganger: Six Goodbyes We Never SaidBook Review: Dan and Judy Dourson: Wildflowers and Ferns of Red River Gorge and the Greater Red River BasinJohn Kachuba: Shapeshifters: A HistoryDan Woellert: Cincinnati Goetta: A Delectable HistoryKaren Abbott: The Ghosts Of Eden ParkBook Review: Constance J. Moore and Nancy M. Broermann: Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and PresidentsPauletta Hansel:When She Was Done (a Mother's Day poem)Coal Town Photograph (Father's Day poems)Sherry Stanforth and Richard Hague: Riparian: Poetry, Short Prose, and Photographs Inspired by the Ohio River (airing on November 24)Rick Kennedy: 100 Years of Reimagining Flight (Cincinnati Edition)Jack Heffron: Classic Reds: The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Reds History (Cincinnati Edition)Michael Morgan: Cincinnati Beer (Cincinnati Edition)Greg Rhodes and John Erardi: Baseball Revolutionaries: How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Rocked the Country and Made Baseball Famous (Cincinnati Edition)David Bell: LayoverWilliam Plunkett: The G-Men and the Nurse: A 1929 Washington Cold CaseJillian Scudder: Astroquizzical: A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic Family Tree (Looking Up podcast)

In 'Don't Cry For Us J.D. Vance,' Authors Share Their Experience Growing Up In Appalachia

91.7 WVXU | By Michael Monks

Published December 2, 2020 at 4:01 AM EST

Cincinnati’s first Poet Laureate Pauletta Hansel.";

Like the book that inspired it, the film version of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy is drawing mixed reactions from people who grew up in the Appalachian community. For some local Appalachian authors, Vance's book and the movie are a damaging portrayal of a region and its people.

On Dec. 3 from 7-8:30 p.m., the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, Downbound Books and West Virginia University Press present "Don’t Cry for Us, J.D. Vance," a virtual reading by Ohio Appalachian Authors.

Featured presenters are Omope Carter Daboiku; Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour; Richard Hague; Cincinnati’s first Poet Laureate Pauletta Hansel; Michael Henson; Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Founder Michael Maloney; Dale Marie Prenatt; Bonnie Proudfoot; and Sherry Cook Stanforth. The event will include readings and a conversation about the strengths and challenges of Appalachian communities, both urban and rural.

Joining Cincinnati Edition to discuss the event are Cincinnati’s first Poet Laureate Pauletta Hansel; Poet Laureate of Ohio and the 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year Kari Gunter-Seymour; Storyteller Omope Carter Daboiku; and Downbound Books Owner Gregory Kornbluh.

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