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Following the American Civil War, a group of freed people fled violence and bought land in Western North Carolina. In the summer of 1873, these people formed a Black communal society they named “The Kingdom of the Happy Land.” A new novel tells a story set in the kingdom, both in the past and in the present day. It’s titled, “Happy Land.” Host Mason Adams spoke with its author, Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More News[CHARLESTON, WV]— The West Virginia Book Festival has announced the 2025 featured authors. This years’ festival will feature Pulitzer Prize winning author Jayne Anne Phillips, sci-fi and fantasy author Neal Shusterman, New York Times ...
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, author Raymond Thompson Jr. speaks with Inside Appalachia's Mason Adams about his new book, “Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster.”
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