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The State of Our Rivers - Part Three
"Sources of pollution are not a mystery."
Our Mission
The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a non-profit organization that develops and sponsors diverse and inclusive talks, workshops, events, books, and other programs, products and services to sustain the core values for which Wilma Dykeman stood: environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word.
Written & Spoken Word
Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club
Monthly discussions of pre-selected stories
Register for in-person AND Zoom-based Thomas Wolfe Short Story discussions, 7:00-8:00 EST, at: wolfe@wilmadykemanlegacy.org
Start
Date:
January 11, 2024
End Date:
March 14, 2024
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
Thomas Wolfe Memorial AND via Zoom
Cover of The Complete Short Stories of Thomas Wolfe
Written & Spoken Word
"The Names of the Nation"
Thomas Wolfe Short Story discussion led by Brandon Johnson
Register and receive Zoom link at wolfe@wilmadykemanlegacy.org
Start
Date:
March 14, 2024
End Date:
March 14, 2024
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
Thomas Wolfe Memorial and via Zoom
Brandon Johnson
Environmental Integrity
Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman
by Shannon Hitchcock, with illustrations by Sophie Page
A picture-book biography for ages 6-8
Start
Date:
April 16, 2024
End Date:
when:
where:
Pre-order now from your local bookstore
Of Words and Water - book cover
Confronting the Silence
A Holocaust Survivor's Search for God
By Walter Ziffer
*$21.35
*no international shipping
No Work in the Grave
Life in the Toe River Valley
By Jo Ann Thomas Croom
$32.05
*no international shipping
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