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John Duberstein will discuss his late wife's memoir, 'The Bright Hour,' at inaugural Greensboro Bound literary festival
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John Duberstein will discuss his late wife's memoir, 'The Bright Hour,' at inaugural Greensboro Bound literary festival
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Nina Riggs scoots along the beach during a vacation trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Margaret Wimmer

Nina Riggs and her husband, John Duberstein, enjoy a night out together. In her book “The Bright Hour,” Riggs writes of their boys and letting go: “Their very existence is the one dark piece I cannot get right with in all this. I can let go of a lot of things: plans, friends, career goals, places in the world I want to see, ... maybe even the love of my life. But I cannot figure out how to let go of mothering them.”
- Margaret Wimmer
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GREENSBORO — Since his wife’s death less than 15 months ago, John Duberstein has stepped into unfamiliar and daunting roles.
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What: A conversation with John Duberstein, with Tita Ramirez, on "The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying," by Duberstein wife, Nina Riggs.
When: 4:30 p.m. May 19
Where: Van Dyke Performance Space, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St.
Admission: Free.
Information: GreensboroBound.com.
Greensboro Bound itself will kickoff with an event emceed by former North Carolina poet laureate Fred Chappell, 6 p.m. May 17 at the Weatherspoon Art Museum on the campus of UNCG.
The festival will feature more than 70 writers. All events are free. Required tickets for Nikki Giovanni’s closing keynote address have all been taken.
Festival highlights include:
Daniel Pink, author of “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing," 7 p.m. May 18 in the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Center.
Carmen Maria Machado, author of "Her Body and Other Parties," 2 p.m. May 19, Van Dyke Performance Space.
Naima Coster, author of “Halsey Street:" She will participate in a panel about novels, 2:15 p.m., May 20, Greensboro Public Library, 219 N. Church St.
John T. Edge, author of “The Potlikker Paper: A Food History of the Modern South," 11:15 a.m, May 19, Van Dyke Performance Space, and 3:15 p.m. May 19, International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 134 S. Elm St.
Nikki Giovanni, author of “Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid." She will deliver the closing keynote address 6 p.m. May 20 at Harrison Auditorium on the campus of N.C. A&T. TICKETS GONE.
Beth Macy, author of “Truevine." She will appear on a panel 11:15 a.m. May 19 at the Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave. She will also appear 1 p.m. May 20 in the Van Dyke Performance Space.
Kevin Powers, author of “A Shout in the Ruins," 7 p.m. May 19 at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
Lee Smith, author of “Dimestore: A Writer’s Life." She will appear 10 a.m. May 19 with author Michael Parker in the Van Dyke Performance Space.
Greensboro Bound events
Location Key
SB - Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm St., Greensboro
ICRCM - International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 134 S. Elm St., Greensboro
VDP - Van Dyke Performance Space, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro
UC - Upstage Cabaret, Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro
SDH - Stephen D. Hyers Performance, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro
OR – Orientation Room, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro
LIB - Greensboro Public Library, 219 N. Church St., Greensboro
BHM - Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro
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MAY 18
John Claude Bemis: 4 p.m. Middle grade-age novelist.
Lea Williams: 5 p.m. ICRCM Author for middle grades and young adults.
Daniel Pink: 7 p.m. VDP.
The Difficulties, and Lorena and Alejandro: Music, SB.
Josephus Thompson III: 8:30 p.m. UC.
MAY 19
Steve Mitchell: 8:30 p.m. SB. Author of “Cloud Diary” hosts a music project based on the book.
Dana Levy and Megan Bryant: 11:15 a.m. ICRCM. Middle grade-age authors.
John T. Edge: 3:15 p.m. ICRCM. Author of “Maurice On a White Horse: Restaurants as Bunkers and Battlefields.”
Kevin Powers: 7 p.m. ICRCM. Young adult novelist.
Poetry Panel: 10 a.m. SDH. With Coen Cauthen, Juliana Gray and Nickole Brown.
Short Story Workshop with Scott Gould: 10 a.m. OR.
Lee Smith and Michael Parker: 10 a.m. VDP.
Food and the Global South: John Shelton Reed and John T. Edge: 11:15 a.m. VDP.
Undocupoets: Janine Joseph, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo: 11:15 a.m. SDH. Featuring Coen Cauthen, Juliana Gray and Nickole Brown.
Carmen Maria Machado: 2 p.m. VDP.
Writing Compelling Historical Fiction with Susan Rivers: 2 p.m. OR.
Contemporary Muslim Writing Beyond Politics: A Conversation with Omar H. Ali and Deonna Kelli Sayed: 3:15 p.m. SDH.
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop with Stephanie Elizondo Griest: 3:15 p.m. OR.
John Duberstein: 4:30 p.m. VDP. His wife, the late Nina Riggs, wrote “The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying.”
LGBTQ Panel: Nickole Brown, Daisy Hernandez and Jessica Jacobs: 4:30 p.m. SDH.
Middle Grade Panel: Jen Nails, Melanie Conklin, Lea Williams, Stacy McAnulty: 4:30 p.m. OR.
Performance Poetry with Ashley Lumpkin and Others: 8:30 p.m. UC.
Unicorn Press Panel: Amy Wright, Terry Kennedy, Charlotte Matthews: 10 a.m. LIB.
Kate Torney and Stacy McAnulty: 10 a.m. LIB. Picture book authors.
Bull City Press Panel: Michael McFee, Ellen Bush, Emilia Phillips: 11:15 a.m. LIB.
Nora Carpenter and Yoga Frog: 11:15 a.m. LIB.
Hub City Press Panel: Leesa Cross-Smith, Scott Gould, Thomas McConnell: 2 p.m. LIB.
Press 53 Panel: Maura Way, Joseph Mills, Gabrielle Brant Freeman, Ray Morrison: 3:15 p.m. LIB.
Blair Panel: Sara Ficke, Erik Myers, John Francis Trump: 4:30 p.m. LIB.
Jared Yates Sexton, Hal Crowther, Beth Macy, Stephanie Elizondo Greist: 11:15 a.m. GHM.
Memoir/Biography Panel: Eddie Huffman and Elaine Neil Orr: 2 p.m. GHM.
Novel Panel: Susan Rivers, Leesa Cross-Smith, Michele Young-Stone, Elaine Neil Orr: 3:15 p.m. GHM.
Short Story Panel: Ray Morrison, Krystal Smith, Steve Cushman: 4:30 p.m. GHM.
MAY 20
Beth Macy: 1 p.m. VDP.
Feminist Panel: Carmen Maria Machado, Rebecca Peters, Janine Joseph, Ashley Lumpkin: 2:15 p.m. VDP.
Cooking Panel: Joan Nathan and Katie Button: 3:30 p.m. VDP.
Transgender/Fluid Panel: Jordan Rice, Coen Cauthen and Cameron Awkward-Rich: 1 p.m. UC.
UNCG MFA Panel: Heidi Czerwic, Kerri French and Sarah Rose Nordgren: 2:15 p.m. UC.
Poetry Panel 3: Jordan Rice, Lauren Moseley, Jessica Jacobs, Cameron Awkward-Rich: 3:30 p.m. UC.
Ellen Fischer and Tara Luebbe: 2:15 p.m. LIB.
Novel Panel 2: Naima Coster, Ross Howell Jr., Jim Minick, Steph Post: 2:15 p.m. LIB.
Latinx/Misrecognition Panel: Naima Coster, Daisy Hernandez, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo: 3:30 p.m. LIB.
Nikki Giovanni: 6 p.m. Harrison Auditorium, N.C. A&T University, 1601 E. Market St.
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Nina Riggs scoots along the beach during a vacation trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Margaret Wimmer
Nina Riggs and her husband, John Duberstein, enjoy a night out together. In her book “The Bright Hour,” Riggs writes of their boys and letting go: “Their very existence is the one dark piece I cannot get right with in all this. I can let go of a lot of things: plans, friends, career goals, places in the world I want to see, ... maybe even the love of my life. But I cannot figure out how to let go of mothering them.”
- Margaret Wimmer
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