Free lecture with Beth Macy, Journalist and Best-selling Author

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech | Blacksburg

Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech
Publisher/HostCenter for Humanities at Virginia Tech
Free lecture with Beth Macy, Journalist and Best-selling Author
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In this talk, based on Beth Macy's 2025 memoir Paper Girl, she presents a gift of courage, empathy, and insight to audiences. Learn how Beth Macy turned to face the darkness in her family and community, people she loves wholeheartedly, even the ones she sometimes struggles to like. And how, in facing the truth—in person, with respect— she found sparks of human dignity that she has used to light a signal fire of warning but also of hope.
This event is free and open to all. Doors open at 6:30pm. Registration for this event is strongly encouraged, though not required. Please visit this link to register for this event: https://forms.office.com/r/4ZqEWTgK1v.
To learn more about Humanities Week and see a full schedule of programming, visit https://liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-week.html.
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Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, 125 Turner St NW, Blacksburg, VA 24060, United States

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