Earl Swift’s book Chesapeake Requiem is the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group pick for June 2023. Chesapeake Requiem explores the close-knit community of Tangier…
Library of VirginiaMay 15, 2023
Tina Parker is the author of three books of poetry. The poetry collection Mother May I and the poetry chapbook Another Offering were published in 2016. Her newest collection, Lock…
Nan CarmackApril 21, 2023
For many entering the United States, bureaucratic paperwork is one of their first encounters with the United States government. Deepak Singh, author of How May…
Library of VirginiaApril 19, 2023
Sandra Beasley is the author of Made to Explode, winner of the Housatonic Book Award; Count the Waves; I Was the Jukebox, winner of the…
Guest ContributorApril 7, 2023
The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Donna PletcherMarch 27, 2023
Robert K. Sutton’s Nazis on the Potomac details the intelligence operations that took place in Virginia’s Fort Hunt during World War II, including the interrogation of…
Library of VirginiaMarch 20, 2023
James Madison: Liberty's Advocate / James Madison From Independence to the U.S. Constitution: Reconsidering the Critical Period of American History Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of…
Donna PletcherFebruary 27, 2023
For March 2023, the Common Ground Virginia History Book Group is exploring the history of Southern baking with Rebecca Sharpless’s Grain and Fire. Sharpless explores…
Library of VirginiaFebruary 20, 2023
George Washington's Revenge: The 1777 New Jersey Campaign and How General Washington Turned Defeat into the Strategy that Won the Revolution / Arthur S. Lefkowitz…
Donna PletcherJanuary 30, 2023
Brenda Mitchell-Powell’s book Public in Name Only explores the history of racial segregation in Virginia public libraries through the example of the Alexandria library system and…
Library of VirginiaJanuary 23, 2023
Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Virginia / Mike Lyman, Sr. Militia Fines of Wythe County, Virginia: Militia Court of…
Donna PletcherDecember 26, 2022
The Common Ground Virginia History Book Club focuses on approachable books focused on Virginia-centered nonfiction. Most of these books are historical narratives and biographies such…
Library of VirginiaDecember 21, 2022
The Library of Virginia's first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00…
Donna PletcherNovember 28, 2022
In 1987, the Richmond Times-Dispatch contemplated the future of local libraries thirty-eight years ahead, in the far-flung year of 2025. “There will still be books…
Library of VirginiaNovember 18, 2022
