On Tuesday, Oct. 3. writer Wiley Cash will celebrate the official release of his third novel, The Last Ballad, with a reading and book-signing session at UNC Asheville’s Lipinisky Hall.
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Working Class Hero: a Q&A with author Kristina Horton on “The Martyr of Loray Mill”
In July 2015, Kristina Horton — great-granddaughter of famed labor activist Ella May Wiggins — published Martyr of Loray Mill, a biography of her forebear. Xpress spoke with Horton ahead of her reading at Malaprop’s on Sunday, Jan. 17, to discuss Wiggins’ life, the meaning of her struggles and why it remains important to remember Ella May’s sacrifice.
Transit Commission will hold “extraordinary meeting” Oct. 10 to decide on bus purchase
The city of Asheville’s Transit Commission will hold an “extraordinary meeting” Wednesday, Oct. 10, to discuss the possible purchase of two used buses from the city of Gastonia.
