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Writing Craft, Vol. IV: Author and journalist Earl Swift

July 17, 2011

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Back when Norfolk, Va., journalist and author Earl Swift was kind enough to participate in a mighty fun Belligerent Q&A here at the blog, I promised a more serious craft talk with him would follow. This is it, starting below, and it couldn’t come at a better time. His new film, in which anthropomorphic cars […]

Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads, reads Thursday at Prince Books

June 27, 2011

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Norfolk, Va., author Earl Swift on Thursday will read, take questions, and sign copies of his new book, The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways. The event is 7 p.m., Thursday, June 30, at Prince Books, 109 E. Main St., Norfolk. Also, on Wednesday, June 29, Swift […]

Belligerent Q&A, Vol. VIII: Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads

June 4, 2011

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I pulled up to Crumbling Swift Manor in Norfolk, Va., in the warm evening air, my pad in pocket, pen in trembling hand. When I knocked, a petite dog announced my visit. Her master approached. Earl Swift, former journalist and feature writer at The Virginian-Pilot, author of The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the […]

Earl Swift shall rock you Thursday at the TCC lit fest in Norfolk, though in this headline ‘rock’ = ‘read to’

April 12, 2011

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Norfolk, Va., author and journalist Earl Swift, formerly of The Virginian-Pilot, will read on Thursday as part of Tidewater Community College’s 10th Annual Literary Festival. The festival’s theme is “How words can help consume delicious natural resources.” Wait, I have that all wrong. TCC’s lit fest theme is really “Words of hope for our fragile planet.” […]

“Writing is a consciousness-raising and humanizing technology.”

- Walter J. Ong

Upcoming HR Arts Events

Earl Swift; writer; Norfolk, Va.

2013 JHDoucette.com Fortune Writing Contest: Writing & art. Emailed entries due to jhdouc@verizon.net by 11:59 p.m., Monday, July 1. Paper entries available @ Fair Grounds News & Coffee, Baldwin and Colley avenues, Norfolk, Va. Winners announced July 7. Fortunes displayed @ Fair Grounds until the management gets tired of looking at them. FMI click this link.

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CORE Theatre Ensemble presents Two by Gamba – Oxus Gennan & Sgorbypark: Theater. 8 p.m., Friday, June 21, & Saturday, June 22 @ Little Theatre of Norfolk, 801 Claremont Ave, Norfolk, Va. General admission $15; subscribers $10; fees may apply. Free surface lot parking behind theater & limited street parking nearby. FMI click this link.

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The Story Stage: Storytelling & open mic with David Claunch & Lynn Rhuelmann. 7 p.m., Thursday, June 20 @ The Venue on 35th, 631 35th St., Norfolk, Va. Cover $3. Seven minute limit. Every third Thursday @ 7 p.m. Free nearby surface and street parking. FMI click this link or call (757) 469-0337.

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Circle Mirror Transformation: Theater. Various shows, June 7-30 @ The Generic Theater, 215 St. Paul's Blvd., Norfolk, Va. General admission $15; student, military & seniors $12. Fees may apply. Group rates available. The Generic Theater Down Under Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul's Blvd., Norfolk, Va. Garage parking @ Scope Garage $; nearby surface lot & garage parking $; limited metered street parking. The Tide @ Monticello & MacArthur station. FMI call (757) 441-2160 or click this link.

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