Jordan Laney, a postdoc researcher at the Virginia Tech Dept. of Religion and Culture, has won the Moundsville poetry contest. Poet Crystal Good says she was
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Review: King Lear as Allegory for U.S. Industrial Decline
I saw a preview last night of Quantum Theatre’s new Pittsburgh production of Shakespeare’s King Lear at the Carrie Furnace. (It runs May 10-June 2;
Before The Star Was Born: The Legend of Lady Gaga’s Singing West Virginia Grandpa
Our story of how Lady Gaga was inspired by her West Virginia grandmother to “pick yourself up” during a difficult time is the most-read post
Meet Marc Harshman, Proud Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Star of Moundsville
One of the most eloquent, defining voices in Moundsville is Marc Harshman, a former Moundsville resident, grade school teacher, storyteller, children’s book author– and the ninth
What Charles Dickens Wrote When He Saw the Mound, and Present-day Moundsville, West Virginia, in 1842
In 1842, Charles Dickens, already a literary superstar at age 29, traveled to America, a journey he recounted in his travel book, American Notes for
VOTE — and SHARE This Post — to Lift Moundsville, West Virginia from 13th into Top 10 of USA Today Best Historic Small Town Contest — Voting Closes May 6 at Noon EDT
Moundsville, West Virginia (subject of our movie, which you can rent for $3.99 here) is still in the running for USA Today’s “Best Historic Small Town” contest,