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Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist “A People’s History of the United States” became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87.

NEW YORK — J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

Farnoosh Moshiri, Iranian-born, award-winning author of novels and short-story collections, will read from her works at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in Hopwood Hall Auditorium at Lynchburg College. The reading is open to the public at no charge.

RUSTBURG — One of the first stories Mary Bailey remembers writing was a tale she co-authored with a friend in third grade.

Third Thursdays features readings by a poet who has used verse to explore her mother’s life.

In another world created by the words of Andy Horner and the drawings of Kyle Webster, a group of orphaned children have deformities that become strengths when the loners band together and support one another. The first of the “Light Children” books is set to come out in July.

From staff reports

Anne Spencer was known nationally and internationally as one of the Harlem Renaissance poets. But some folks at home haven’t heard of her, so some local artists set out to try to change that by making a film.