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JASNA-NC Represents at Kernersville Library Event

26 Feb

By Linda Darden JASNA- NC was invited to participate in a Jane Austen Talk and Tea at the Paddison Memorial Branch Library in Kernersville, NC on February 16, 2023. A panel discussion moderated by Stephanie Marson from the library included Charlie Lovett, playwright and author of the novel First Impressions. Linda Darden, long-standing member of JASNA and the North Carolina…
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Personality Types in Jane Austen

31 Jan

By Bill Gaither On February 22, 2023, members gathered for a fascinating and fun presentation by Ms. Kim Guyer on “Personality Types in Jane Austen.” Kim is a project manager with the Steier Group, a capital campaign fundraising firm, and it was evident from a few of Kim’s examples that she also uses personality assessment in her workplace. Kim stressed…
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Playmakers’ Emma: Entertaining and Stylish

14 Jan

By Karin Wiberg, with Sara Tavela (Streaming Content Insights) On Sunday, December 4, 2022, about fifteen JASNA members met at PlayMakers Repertory at UNC in Chapel Hill for a performance of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Emma. Hamill’s adaptations have become familiar to Janeites, as she’s has adapted not only Emma but also Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield…
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Costuming 101: Learning the Ropes to Not Break the Bank and Celebrating Jane Austen’s Birthday

20 Dec

By Elizabeth Jewell and Sara Tavela JASNA-NC met both in-person and online for our December 2022 meeting, with grateful success for our first fully hybrid gathering! In person, folks mingled, got nibbles, and said hi again. At the online meeting, members had conversation and personal nibbles, talking about how they first encountered Jane Austen’s works or what traditions around Austen’s…
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Tea Time with a Janeite: Laine Wood

Tea time with a Janeite

15 Dec

Welcome back to “Tea Time with a Janeite,” our series where we get to learn more about our members, digging into their love of Jane (and tea) and letting us get to know them a little bit better. Enjoy this latest interview with our new Membership Officer! Janeite: Laine Wood Member Since: 2020 What is your preferred tea or relaxation…
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February 16, 2025 – Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley’s WritingsJoin JASNA-NC for a discussion of our Austen contemporary selection, Phillis Wheatley’s writings. Wheatley is a transatlantic contemporary of Austen’s, and her experience as a black enslaved person ties in with Jane Austen and her family’s interest and participation in abolition. We’ll explore Wheatley’s poetry and contemplate connections between Austen’s writing and Wheatley’s. It’s sure to be a fascinating discussion!What to read -We will focus on these five poems for discussion:“On being brought from Africa to America““An Hymn to the Morning““To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, &c.““To S.M., a young African Painter, on seeing his Works““A Farewell to America. To Mrs. S.W.“The DetailsWhat: Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley’s WritingsWhen: February 16, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.Where: In the comfort of your home via ZoomRSVP: This event is open to members and interested guests; it is FREE but registration is required. Register for Zoom at jasnanorthcarolina.org/events/february-16-2025-virtual-book-club-phyllis-wheatleys-writings/About the BookIn 1761, a young girl arrived in Boston on a ship of enslaved people, was sold to the Wheatley family, and given the name Phillis Wheatley. After studying English and classical literature, geography, the Bible, and Latin, Phillis published her first poem in 1767 at the age of 14, winning much public attention and considerable fame. When Boston publishers who doubted its authenticity rejected an initial collection of her poetry, Wheatley sailed to London in 1773 and found a publisher there for Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.This volume collects both Wheatley’s letters and her poetry: hymns, elegies, translations, philosophical poems, tales, and epyllions–including a poignant plea to the Earl of Dartmouth urging freedom for America and comparing the country’s condition to her own. With her contemplative elegies and her use of the poetic imagination to escape an unsatisfactory world, Wheatley anticipated the Romantic Movement of the following century. The appendices to this edition include poems of Wheatley’s contemporary African-American poets: Lucy Terry, Jupiter Harmon, and Francis Williams.About The Virtual Book ClubThe Virtual Book Club takes place quarterly with the typical following rotation: a contemporary of Austen, nonfiction work, an Austen selection, and a fanfiction work. Our members Mary Jane Curry, Nancy Martin Young, and Sara Tavela serve as our primary book club facilitators and help coordinate our book selections. ... See MoreSee Less

February 16, 2025 - Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley's Writings - JASNA North Carolina

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Join JASNA-NC for a discussion of our Austen contemporary selection, Phillis Wheatley’s writings. Wheatley is a transatlantic contemporary of Austen’s, and her experience as a black enslaved perso...

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February 16, 2025 – Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley’s WritingsJoin JASNA-NC for a discussion of our Austen contemporary selection, Phillis Wheatley’s writings. Wheatley is a transatlantic contemporary of Austen’s, and her experience as a black enslaved person ties in with Jane Austen and her family’s interest and participation in abolition. We’ll explore Wheatley’s poetry and contemplate connections between Austen’s writing and Wheatley’s. It’s sure to be a fascinating discussion!what to readWe will focus on these five poems for discussion:“On being brought from Africa to America““An Hymn to the Morning““To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary fo State for North-America, &c.““To S.M., a young African Painter, on seeing his Works““A Farewell to America. To Mrs. S.W.“The DetailsWhat: Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley’s WritingsWhen: February 16, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.Where: In the comfort of your home via ZoomRSVP: This event is open to members and interested guests; it is FREE but registration is required. Register from our web page: jasnanorthcarolina.org/events/february-16-2025-virtual-book-club-phyllis-wheatleys-writings/About the BookIn 1761, a young girl arrived in Boston on a ship of enslaved people, was sold to the Wheatley family, and given the name Phillis Wheatley. After studying English and classical literature, geography, the Bible, and Latin, Phillis published her first poem in 1767 at the age of 14, winning much public attention and considerable fame. When Boston publishers who doubted its authenticity rejected an initial collection of her poetry, Wheatley sailed to London in 1773 and found a publisher there for Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.This volume collects both Wheatley’s letters and her poetry: hymns, elegies, translations, philosophical poems, tales, and epyllions–including a poignant plea to the Earl of Dartmouth urging freedom for America and comparing the country’s condition to her own. With her contemplative elegies and her use of the poetic imagination to escape an unsatisfactory world, Wheatley anticipated the Romantic Movement of the following century. The appendices to this edition include poems of Wheatley’s contemporary African-American poets: Lucy Terry, Jupiter Harmon, and Francis Williams.About The Virtual Book ClubThe Virtual Book Club takes place quarterly with the typical following rotation: a contemporary of Austen, nonfiction work, an Austen selection, and a fanfiction work. Our members Mary Jane Curry, Nancy Martin Young, and Sara Tavela serve as our primary book club facilitators and help coordinate our book selections. ... See MoreSee Less

February 16, 2025 - Virtual Book Club: Phillis Wheatley's Writings - JASNA North Carolina

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Join JASNA-NC for a discussion of our Austen contemporary selection, Phillis Wheatley’s writings. Wheatley is a transatlantic contemporary of Austen’s, and her experience as a black enslaved perso...

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Sunday, January 12, 2025 – Telling and Sharing Our Jane Austen StoriesTo kick off the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth year, we’re looking to share joyful conversation and storytelling at our January meeting! We’ll be telling and sharing our Jane Austen stories: how we first were introduced to or fell in love with Jane Austen’s writings. We’ll also be sharing some “show & tell” time: please have with you your favorite or most meaningful item from your Jane Austen collection. We’ll take time in small groups to have sufficient time to share, and please come ready with your favorite Austen-related item, as well as tea and nibbles should you so choose. Go here for more details and to register jasnanorthcarolina.org/events/january-12-2025-telling-and-sharing-our-jane-austen-stories/The DetailsWhat: Telling and Sharing Our Jane Austen StoriesWhen: January 12, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.Where: In the comfort of your home via Zoom.Bring: Your favorite item from your Jane Austen collection. ... See MoreSee Less

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