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"I am completely smitten with the Lunch with Books patrons...who welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. It takes two to have a successful reading: an enthusiastic presenter and an engaged audience, and boy did the stars align for us." -Marie Manilla, Still Life with Plums

"Lunch With Books is an outstanding program -- one of the best in the country." -NPR Journalist Matthew Algeo, The President is a Sick Man


"With a new book in hand, I’ve visited a lot of libraries lately, and I think the Ohio County Public Library is my all-time favorite. People are kind and welcoming, and deeply appreciate a visiting writer." -Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)

“I wanted the book launch to be at Lunch With Books because it is the best library book program in West Virginia and because Wheeling and the Wheeling area was centrally involved in so many of the firsts in West Virginia sports.” –Bob Barnett, Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

June 26: James Wright Tribute


On Tuesday, June 26 at noon, the Lunch With Books program at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling will host a very special event featuring poetry and music. Patrons are invited to revisit the poetry of Martins Ferry’s own Pulitzer Prize winner, James Wright, as read by David Thomas and CJ Farnsworth with musical accompaniment by guitarist Roger Hoard, plus the film, “James Wright’s Ohio.”

The multimedia tribute will feature readings of Wright's poems, "Youth," "Willy Lyons," "Two Postures beside a Fire," "Upon Hearing a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse in Wheeling, West Virginia Has Been Condemned," and "On a Phrase from Southern Ohio" "Stages on a Journey Westward," "Miners," "In Ohio," "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio," and "Beautiful Ohio." All of these poems are available online at Google Books. Mr. Hoard will provide musical interludes between the readings.

Produced by Bottom Dog Press, "James Wright's Ohio" is a docu-drama filmed largely in Martins Ferry. The film includes interviews with poets William Matthews and Stanley Kunitz, and with Wright's two wives Liberty Kovacs and Annie Wright. It includes many poem-videos of Wright's most beloved works.The film will be screened without sound and will serve as background imagery for the readings and music.

Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call 304-232-0244 for more information.


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Book Discussion Groups

The Ohio County Public Library facilitates book discussion groups for both young adults and adults. Currently, the OCPL offers two adult groups, which meet on the first Monday and third Thursday of each month.

In addition to its own growing collection, the OCPL has access to the book discussion collection of the West Virginia Library Commission.

To join or form a book discussion group, or for more information, please call 304-232-0244.

Meeting of the Minds Philosophy Group

The Meeting of the Minds Philosophic Inquiry Forum is facilitated by David Weimer. The group meets virtually every Tuesday at 6 PM. Call the library for meeting room locations.

For more information, visit www.firstknowthyself.org/m&mphilosophy.htm or contact group organizer, David Weimer, at 740 526-0985 or by email at dwwweimer@comcast.net..