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OBX Indie Bookstore Crawl - November 2025 (opens the original)
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IMAGINATION: A MANIFESTO by Ruha Benjamin (2024) (opens the original)
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Green Valley Book Fair - Summer 2026 (opens the original)
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To say south-west Virginia is a book desert would be a pretty big understatement. While Staunton and Charlottesville offer some cute options, the prices tend to keep poorer folks (i.e. the majority of the rural communities) away. This is why Green Valley Book Fair is such a great initiative for the area.The Book Fair is “a discount b
EMBROIDERIES by Marjane Satrapi (2003) (opens the original)
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BETWEEN TWO RIVERS by Moudhy Al-Rashid (2025) (opens the original)
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