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SUMMARY:Author Event at Fountain Bookstore: Tulip Poplars with Silas Hous
 e
DESCRIPTION:Join the Richmond LGBTQ Chamber for a special Author Event at
  Fountain Bookstore.  Enjoy an evening with author of Fountain's 2025 Boo
 k of the Year\\, author Silas House. He'll be talking about his new novel
 \\, Tulip Poplars\\, with Kelly in the store\\nWhether you're a longtime 
 fan\\, an avid reader\\, or simply looking for an engaging community expe
 rience\\, this event offers the opportunity to hear from the author\\, as
 k questions\\, and connect with fellow book lovers.\\nRegister \\n Mix\\,
  mingle\\, and enjoy:\\n General Admission includes a copy of Tulip Popla
 rs book.\\nMore than just a place to discover great books\\, Fountain Boo
 kstore is a vibrant community gathering space that brings readers\\, writ
 ers\\, and ideas together. We look forward to welcoming you for an unforg
 ettable evening of books\\, conversation\\, and community!\\nAbout the Bo
 ok: Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during 
 the hot summers of the early 1900s\\, yet Tom cannot shake his strict rel
 igious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family’s farm. His lo
 ngtime friend Maeve also pines for a man she can’t have\\, lest she end
 anger his already tenuous life in a town and world shaped by racial lines
 . How do you live a life that feels untrue\\, and at what point do you ri
 sk everything?\\nThe Tulip Poplars is a gorgeous and moving novel spannin
 g most of the 20th century\\, centering on four people trying to find hap
 piness in a world that demands conventional choices. House tells a deeply
  intimate story of faith and doubt\\, race and class\\, sexual desire and
  the longing to be good when you’ve been taught that you are evil for l
 oving who you love. Based on the story of an ancestor\\, House’s new no
 vel takes us from NYC to Southern cities to Appalachia and will leave you
  with a bigger heart.\\nAbout the Author: Silas House was a finalist for 
 a 2024 Grammy Award\\, winner of the 2022 Duggins Prize\\, and is a two-t
 ime winner of the Southern Book Prize. His writing has appeared in The Wa
 shington Post\\, The Atlantic\\, Time\\, the New York Times\\, the Advoca
 te\\, Time\\, Garden & Gun\\, and other publications. He teaches at Berea
  College and at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing.\\nK
 elly is our fearless leader and an omnivore of a reader who will try almo
 st any type of book at least once. She has been an indie bookseller since
  1989\\, came to Fountain in 2000\\, and took over in 2008. She has serve
 d on countless bookseller boards and committees nationally and internatio
 nally but recently has scaled back on those activities to spend more time
  on the bookstore and personal passions like travel\\, cooking\\, and bei
 ng with important people in her life and the cat.\\nhttps://www.gayout.co
 m/usa-canada/united-states/richmond/events/author-event-at-fountain-books
 tore-tulip-poplars-with-silas-house-2026-10-27
LOCATION:Fountain Bookstore: 1307 E Cary St\\, Richmond\\, VA 23219
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/richmond/events/author-event-at-fountain-bookstore-tulip-poplars-with-silas-house-2026-10-27
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