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Georgia Center for the Book

Founded in 1920, the Georgia Center for the Book , based at the DeKalb County Public Library, is the statewide affiliate of the Library of Congress with a mission of serving libraries, literacy and literature. We sponsor two popular literary competitions for students, develop and encourage programming for and other literary-related organizations and sponsor some 90 literary programs each year, bringing more than 125 authors to metro Atlanta and the state for free public events.

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  • Tony Barnhart discusses what makes sports different in the southern United States, and shares from his biography of UGA’s legendary football broasdcaster, Larry Munson. Munson was 43 when he became the Bulldog broadcaster, but his past is was full of color before that. He once played in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, backing Frank Sinatra; he got his first broadcasting job from another legend, Curt Gowdy; and he was one of the original announcers for the Braves when they moved to Atlanta from Milwaukee. See more on the [Georgia Center for the Book blog](http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Blog/?m=201006#sthash.QD82opZF.dpbs "").
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Poets David Bottoms and William Walsh read from their works.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Kurlansky, the prize-winning author of *Nonviolence*; *Salt: A World History*; and *The Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry*, discusses his latest book, *Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell*. The book is described as a 'chatty, free-wheeling history of New York City told from the humble perspective of the once copious, eagerly consumed, now decimated eastern oyster.'
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Deborah Rodriguez tells the story of how she gave up her job in Detroit to open a salon and cosmetology school in Kabul, Afghanistan. In *Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil*, Rodriguez explains why she opened the salon and school and how she and many brave women of Kabul continue to resist the resurgent, oppressive Taliban.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Georgia poet and novelist Judson Mitcham, the state's only two-time winner of the prestigious Townsend Prize, makes a special appearance to talk about his work and to answer questions.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Karen White reads from her new novel, *Learning to Breathe*, about a woman who finds that taking a leap of faith is better than wondering what might have been.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Bapsi Sidhwa and Anosh Irani, two of the most highly praised contemporary Indian authors, discuss their new work.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Earle and Merle Black discuss growing political divisiveness, arguing that the race for the White House now rests on a handful of states in the Midwest.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Cathy Kaemmerlen discusses and performs her book *General Sherman and the Georgia Belles*. The book shares the stories of a collection of dignified, defiant women and their reactions when General Sherman marched his troops through their homeland in 1864. *General Sherman and the Georgia Belles* includes the tales of Mary Ann Harris Gay of Decatur and Minerva McClatchey of Marietta.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
  • Author Susan Richard Shreve discusses her new memoir, *Warm Springs*, an inspiring story of her battle with polio as a teen and her recovery in Georgia's Warm Springs.
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    Georgia Center for the Book