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Author’s Night
in April
Join us for the Friends of the Greenville Public Library's Author’s
Night on Friday April 14th at Montage in downtown Greenville. As
always you can enjoy a delicious meal or drinks and a special musical
treat. A string quartet of students of Cathy Dowds will play
before and after the program. Doors open at 6:00 and the program
starts at 7:00.
Our guest author is Dr. Vivian Blevins who has a heart-warming and
unusual story to share. Vivian is a facilitator for Area Veterans
Oral Histories that are recorded for the Library of Congress Veterans
History Project of the American Folklife Center. This project
collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of
American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from
veterans and better understand the realities of war. Please see
www.loc.gov/vets.
Vivian also produced a 12-Part Series entitled “Veterans Voices” that
aired daily throughout 2014 on Western Ohio Television
Consortium/Channel 5. How she gathered the touching and sometimes
painful memories of the many men she interviewed is a very interesting
and meaningful story in itself. Not that American History is unfamiliar
to Vivian who currently teaches Communication, American Literature,
& Humanities at Edison.
Dr. Blevins is one of those women who has been involved in so many
projects, has won so many awards, and has accomplished so much that
it’s a privilege to meet her. Please read just a sampling of her life
at www.vivianblevins.com. Don’t miss this enjoyable evening!
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