What matters to you.
Sign Out
Play Live Radio
0:00
0:00
NEXT UP:
 
Top

Forum Network

Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas

Funding provided by:
acapella.png

A Cappella Books

A Cappella Books has been in-town Atlanta's only full-service general bookstore, buying and selling new, used, rare and out-of-print titles since 1989. Located in Atlanta's bohemian neighborhood, Little 5 Points, A Cappella Books is widely known for an unparalleled selection of Beat literature, progressive political and counterculture books, and, as the name suggests, books about music. At A Cappella Books, we don't think of our customers as mass culture consumers. And we don't think of our books merely as merchandise. We like to think of the books as permanent literature, books you will find just as enjoyable, interesting and important years from now as you do today. A Cappella regularly present authors who reflect our unique character.break

http://www.acappellabooks.com

  • Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs

    Sat, May 12, 2007
    Irvine Welsh, Scottish author of *Trainspotting* reads from his latest novel, *The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs*. Co-sponsored by The Chattahoochee Review.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Sin in the Second City: Chicago's Everleigh Club Brothel

    Thu, Aug 2, 2007
    Karen Abbott tells the tale of the Everleigh Club brothel that operated from 1900 to 1911 on Chicago's Near South Side. The madams, Ada and Minna Everleigh, were sisters whose shifting identities had them as traveling actors, Edgar Alan Poe's relatives, Kentucky debutantes fleeing violent husbands, and daughters of a once-wealthy Virginia lawyer crushed by the Civil War. Abbott tells the tale of how the custom of drinking champagne out of a slipper may have started at the Everleigh Club.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Mike Sager: Revenge of the Donut Boys

    Fri, Oct 5, 2007
    *Esquire* writer Mike Sager discusses *Revenge of the Donut Boys: True Stories of Lust, Fame, Survival and Multiple Personality*, in which he profiles bigger-than-life characters. Whether revealing Roseanne Barr's multiple-personality disorder or celebrating the life of a high school student on the edge of adulthood, Sager's narrative nonfiction can be compared to that of Sebastian Junger and Jonathan Krakauer. The Emory University graduate and former *Creative Loafing* intern has been called "the beat poet of American journalism: that rare reporter who can make literature out of shabby reality."
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Paul Verhaeghen: Omega Minor

    Mon, Dec 17, 2007
    Paul Verhaeghen's discusses his book, *Omega Minor*, which has already been a bestseller in Europe and has won a number of prestigious literary awards there. His English translation has been published in the US, while he teaches psychology at Georgia Tech. Having been compared to such masters as Gunter Grass and Thomas Pynchon, the Flemish author's work is also described by National Book Award winner Richard Powers as taking on "the whole 20th century in a single novel."
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking

    Thu, Apr 17, 2008
    Eugene Robinson reads from his new book, *Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking*. Oxbow vocalist and mixed martial arts fighter Robinson tries to explain the mentality of those who live for combat, whether in a sports arena or in a sports bar. He explores all forms of fighting, including knife fighting, prison fighting, boxing, wrestling, hockey fights, mixed martial arts, and plain old “What you looking at?" fighting. He incorporates his own painful duels and adds vivid descriptions of broken bones, broken jaws, and broken spirits.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Melissa Delbridge: Family Bible

    Thu, May 22, 2008
    Melissa Delbridge reads from her book, *Family Bible*, a collection of short stories based on memories of her early life.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • The Devil's Tickets: Contract Bridge and Murder

    Thu, Sep 24, 2009
    Gary Pomerantz discusses his narrative from the Roaring 20's, *The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand and a New American Age *, about a bridge-table killing and murder trial in Kansas City, and the contract bridge card game craze that swept America.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Rodes Fishburne: Going to See the Elephant

    Wed, Mar 4, 2009
    Rodes Fishburne reads from his first novel, Going to See the Elephant, which tells the story of writer and reporter Slater Brown and his experiences in San Francisco.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Outcasts United: The Story of The Fugees Soccer Team

    Wed, Apr 22, 2009
    Warren St. John and Luma Mufleh talk about St. John's book, *Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town*. The book tells the story of a youth soccer team, The Fugees, made up of boys from families that have been relocated to the Atlanta suburb of Clarkston, GA, from war-torn countries around the world. Mufleh is the Jordanian-born coach of the team.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books

  • Death and Rock'n'Roll

    Fri, May 22, 2009
    David Janssen, Edward Whitelock, and Josh Hunter discuss their books that link death and the musical genre that's still going strong- Rock'n'Roll. Janssen and Whitelock's book, *Apocalypse Jukebox*, leaps from David Koresh and Charles Manson through the music of Coltrane, Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Hunter's book, *The 27s*, sheds light on the coincidence of the deaths of several rock stars near their 27th birthdays. This event was hosted by Decatur CD.
    Forum Network
    Pop Culture
    Partner:
    A Cappella Books
Load More