{"id":41356,"date":"2021-04-12T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=41356"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:05:52","slug":"learn-a-different-story-about-spring-grove-cemetery-and-arboretum-at-an-event-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/04\/learn-a-different-story-about-spring-grove-cemetery-and-arboretum-at-an-event-april-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn a different story about Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum at an event April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/04\/learn-a-different-story-about-spring-grove-cemetery-and-arboretum-at-an-event-april-18\/the-speaking-stone\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-41357\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-speaking-stone.jpg\" alt=\"book cover for the speaking stone\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-speaking-stone.jpg 577w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-speaking-stone-94x141.jpg 94w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Join Greg Hand online 5:00 p.m., Sunday, April 18 as he interviews Michael Griffith, UC professor of English, about his new book, <em>The Speaking Stone: Stories Cemeteries Tell<\/em>, published by the University of Cincinnati Press.<\/p>\n<p>While working on a novel, author and longtime Cincinnati resident Michael Griffith starts visiting Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum. Soon he&#8217;s taking almost daily jaunts, following curiosity and accident wherever they lead. The result is this fascinating collection of essays. Rather than sticking to the cemetery&#8217;s most famous, or infamous, graves, Griffith stays true to the principle of ramble and incidental discovery. To <a href=\"https:\/\/ucincinnatipress.uc.edu\/9781947602304\/the-speaking-stone\/\">purchase<\/a> the book.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41358\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/04\/learn-a-different-story-about-spring-grove-cemetery-and-arboretum-at-an-event-april-18\/michael-headshot\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41358\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41358\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/michael-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Griffith\" width=\"105\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Griffith<\/p><\/div>\n<p>About the author: Michael Griffith is the author of the novels <em>Trophy<\/em> and <em>Spikes<\/em> and the story collection <em>Bibliophilia<\/em>. He is professor of English at the University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.uc.edu\/as\/the-speaking-stone\">Register<\/a> by Friday, April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Greg Hand online 5:00 p.m., Sunday, April 18 as he interviews Michael Griffith, UC professor of English, about his new book, The Speaking Stone: Stories Cemeteries Tell, published by the University of Cincinnati Press. While working on a novel, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2021\/04\/learn-a-different-story-about-spring-grove-cemetery-and-arboretum-at-an-event-april-18\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,13,1367],"tags":[641,814],"class_list":["post-41356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uc","category-uclibraries","category-ucpress","tag-books","tag-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}