Community Connection
by Terri Barnes
The Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, South Carolina, was created by people who knew and loved Pat Conroy in life and carry on his love for stories now that he is gone. Conroy wrote such iconic classics as The Great Santini and The Prince of Tides, and his success is the opening chapter for the center that bears his name. Perhaps the rest of the story will be told by the community the center nurtures—readers, book lovers, and writers—possibly authors of classic books yet to be imagined.[…]
Community Connection
by Terri Barnes
Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library was built as a community effort and opens its doors to the community. Students, scholars, and tourists from across the globe come to see the beautiful building and study the world’s largest collection of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning materials on the campus in Waco, Texas. […]
Community Connection
by Terri Barnes
Circe Olson Woessner, director of the Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center, collected and curated quotes from military spouse writers for a new exhibit, “Together We Serve,” about twenty-first-century military families. Creating the exhibit, Circe worked with authors, bloggers, and publishers to find meaningful words about the good, bad, and in-between of military life. […]
