Between the Pages of WELL READ Magazine

INSIDE VOICES with Curtis Chin

Robert Gwaltney & Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce Curtis Chin A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the non-profits’ first Executive Director. He went on to write for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in twenty countries. He has written for CNN, Bon Appetit, the Detroit Free Press and the Emancipator Boston Globe. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Chin has received awards from ABC Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and more. His memoir, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" was published by Little, Brown in Fall 2023. His essay in Bon Appetit was selected for Best Food Writing in America 2023.

INSIDE VOICES with Clay Smith

Clay Smith is the literary director at the Library of Congress. In that role, he curates the lineup of the National Book Festival and oversees the Library’s ambassador-ships, which include the United States Poet Laureate and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Kirkus Reviews and the literary director of the San Antonio Book Festival and the Texas Book Festival and worked for Sundance Film Festival.

INSIDE VOICES with Gwydion Suilebhan

Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce essayist, playwright, and cultural critic, Gwydion Suilebhan.
“…for me, the process I rely on is deeply entwined with my subject matter, and I’m never following a formula when I make art.”
Gwydion Suilebhan is a cultural critic, essayist, and play-wright. A lifelong arts advocate, he serves as both the Ex-ecutive Director of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and the Project Director of the New Play Exchange for the Nation-al New Play Network. A founding member of The Welders, a Helen Hayes Award-winning playwrights collective in Washington, DC, Suilebhan previously held the position of Director of Brand and Marketing for Woolly Mammoth. Earlier in his career, he worked as a brand and communications consult-ant for arts and culture organizations. Suilebhan currently serves on the board of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre. From 2017-2020, he was a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America. He speaks widely on the intersection between the arts and technology in the 21st century.

ANNIE ASKS Vanessa Lillie

Annie McDonnell introduces Vanessa Lillie, author of the USA Today bestselling suspense novel, Blood Sisters.
 
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LAGNIAPPE - Once Upon a Friendship with Annie McDonnell, Eoin Dempsey, and Jeff Arch

With so many articles today about how hard it is for men to show affection towards each other, let alone maintain those relationships, how very interesting to discuss male friendship. Especially for the month of February. You can’t say the word February and not think “Valentine” which is mostly about couples, and it is about love, but it’s also about the most important relationship there is - friendship.
Of course these two friends came to mind - Jeff Arch and Eoin Dempsey.
 
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INSIDE VOICES WITH Karen Schwettman

Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce Karen Schwettman, owner of FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock Georgia.
“…Attacks on books and freedom to read what one wants makes me more determined to be a welcoming place for all readers.” Karen Schwettman is the owner of FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA. She began her career as an interior de-signer and has worked with Sherwin Williams, House Parts, and her own design firm, Karen Schwettman Inter-iors. A series of fortunate events presented her with an opportunity to follow her true passion, books. As a life-long reader, the prospect of owning a bookshop was exciting and remains exciting today.
 
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ANNIE ASKS EOIN DEMPSEY

Eoin was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1977. He grew up in the beautiful Dublin suburb of Dalkey, where he and his friends would jump into the icy waters of the Irish Sea (during summertime) to prove their manliness. Eoin had a fantastic time attending Blackrock College, where he played rugby (poorly) and did his best to coast his way through. Eoin’s first ambition was to play rugby for Ireland. Due to a lack of talent, he soon abandoned that goal for the more reasoned path of the rock star. He played in bands through his teens and well into his twenties before harsh reality came calling, and his dreams of being the next Keith Moon faded...
 
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Mandy Haynes introduces Jeffrey Blount

Jeffrey's new novel, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way, graces January's cover.
“Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way is a mesmerizing look at one man’s fall from grace and the age-old struggle for redemption. James Henry Ferguson is a philanthropic Black businessman whose wounded ego leads him to a self-destructive act that destroys all he holds dear. Finding himself outcast and reviled not only by society but also by his beloved family, he retreats to his roots, seeking to reclaim the values that brought him the success and esteem he once enjoyed. James Henry Ferguson becomes plain old Mr. Jimmy to his new neighbors in a poverty-stricken town in rural Mississippi, and it is there he finds the true meaning of love, respect, and community. This tender story is for any of us who have fallen and found the only way up is by reaching out a hand to others.” - Cassandra King, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy
 
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INSIDE VOICES with Donna Everhart

Robert Gwaltney & Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce Donna Everhart
 
Donna Everhart is the USA Today bestselling author of authentic, vivid Southern fiction, including the Southeastern Library Association Award-winning The Road to Bittersweet, Indie Next Pick and Amazon Book of the Month, The Education of Dixie Dupree, The Forgiving Kind, The Moonshiner’s Daughter, and The Saints of Swallow Hill. Her sixth novel, When the Jessamine Grows, releases January 23, 2024. Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, she now lives with her husband in a small town in the Sandhills region where she is currently working on her next novel. She’s a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, Historical Novel Society, and is the host for the MaryJanesFarm Book Club.
 
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ANNIE ASKS Judith Keim, Patricia Sands, Barbara Josselsohn, and Michelle Cox

Join us, as we learn more about some of Annie’s favorite authors!
 
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