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Join Barbara and hometown friends, neighbors, and family right where the story began, to celebrate the release of Otherwise, I’m Fine. Hosted by Friends of the Library of Randolph County.

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Event Coordinator: Owen George, President, Friends of the Library

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Barbara will join 17 other authors and 126 local readers for the annual Hub City Books fundraiser. The signature spring event offers delicious drinks and dessert, and lots of book talk in between bites. 

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Event Coordinator: Nina Barrios, Hub City Bookshop, nina@hubcity.org

Barbara will be in Selma, Smithfield, Pine Level, and Princeton to read and talk about writing memoir and preserving stories of family members and war veterans. On Thursday, May 8, we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe day, the end of war! Sponsored by the Johnston County Arts Council. 

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Event coordinator: Cindy Brookshire 919-202-5990

602 S Main St, Lexington, NC  (336) 242-2040

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The Lexington launch is sponsored by the Friends of the Lexington Library! Antionette Kerr, editor of Davidson Local, will interview Barbara as well as her brother, Edwin and sister Ellen. Barbara will do a brief reading from the book and all three will be happy to sign your copy!

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Event coordinator: Rosa Terry, President, Friends of the Lexington Library

1 National Guard Rd, Columbia, SC 29201

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Inside the museum, Barbara will lead a reading/writing workshop entitled, “We Cannot Forget”: Telling Our Stories of War at Home and on the Battlefield. In addition to presenting insights from her own research and writing, she will help participants develop their own ideas for research and writing. Free. Registration not required. 

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O. Henry Hotel, 624 Green Valley Rd, Greensboro, NC 27408

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During this daylong annual conference, celebrated for its 76th years by NC writers, Barbara will join other poets-turned-prose writers for a panel discussion entitled, “Blurring the Lines: The Fine Art of Genre-Jumping,” how one genre feeds the other, how expectations of readers (and writers) shift, even how a poet's skill with imagery and line breaks can embellish the prose.

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Barbara will partner with fellow South Carolina Press author, Mary Martha Greene, who wrote The Cheese Biscuit Lady Tells All (2019) and The Cheese Biscuit Lady Kiss My Aspic. Barbara and Mary Martha share a Southern tradition and a love of storytelling. 

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Event Coordinator: Nancy Graham, Publicist, Brooklyn Social Media nanograham14@gmail.com

Greensboro Country Club, 410 Sunset Dr, Greensboro, NC 27408

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Several decades of West Point graduates and their families will gather to enjoy lunch and learning about the 30th Infantry Division’s 1944-45 battle across Europe. A talk by Barbatra,  illustrated with photographs and maps from the trip and followed by a q and a session will greet guests. Advanced registration required.

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Event coordinator: William. S. (Bill) Trivette 336-580-2238

Join Barbara and fellow poet/memoirist Pat Riviere-Seel as they read and discuss the mechanics and aesthetics of writing prose after years as poets. Riviere-Seel's recent hybrid work is Because I Didn't Die.

One of Lexington's oldest book clubs will welcome Barbara as members read and discuss Otherwise I'm Fine .

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