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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.

http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org

  • Comediennes: Women Who Made Television Funny

    Tue, May 22, 2007
    David Tucker discusses his book *The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms*, about the early years of TV, and the comediennes who made us laugh.
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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves

    Thu, Jun 21, 2007
    China Galland author of *Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves*, reads from her work, the story of a Texas town's reconciliation with its slave-owning past. China Galland is a professor in residence at the Center for Arts, Religion and Education at the Graduate Theological Union in California.
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    Partner:
    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Golf Pros: Literature on the Links

    Mon, Jun 25, 2007
    Golf writer Todd Sentell's reads from his new novel, *Toonamint of Champions*, an insider's spoof on the manners and mores at America's most prestigious club, the Augusta National, home of the Masters. Bob Cupp, who has designed more than 140 courses worldwide, shares some of his golf-centric mystery novel, *The Edict*, set in 15th century Scotland.
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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician

    Mon, Jul 9, 2007
    Daniel Wallace discusses his new book *Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician*. The story is that of a circus family, set against the backdrop of the rural South in the middle of the 20th century. Daniel Wallace is the author of three other novels: *Big Fish*, *Ray in Reverse*, and *The Watermelon King *. Daniel Wallace's books have been translated into 21 languages.
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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Terry Kay: Georgia on Their Minds

    Mon, Jun 11, 2007
    Terry Kay, author of *To Dance with the White Dog* and *The Year the Lights Came On*, discusses his work and Georgia's influence on it.
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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Southern Belly: Food Lover's Companion to The South

    Wed, Jul 11, 2007
    John T. Edge, writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, talks about his new book: *Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South*. The book features Atlanta institutions such as Mary Mac's Tea Room, The Varsity and Sweet Auburn Curb Market.
    Food and Wellness
    Partner:
    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Ferrol Sams: Down Town

    Thu, Jun 28, 2007
    Ferrol Sams, a Georgia legend as well as a humorist, storyteller and physician, reads from his new book *Down Town*, which spans generations of a Georgia family from the post-Civil War era to contemporary times.
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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Resisting History: Gender, Modernity, and Authorship

    Mon, Jul 23, 2007
    Barbara Ladd discusses the life and work of one of America's foremost African American writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Ladd is the author of a critically acclaimed new book, *Resisting History: Gender, Modernity, and Authorship in William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty*.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
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    Jane Mendelsohn: American Music

    Mon, Jun 21, 2010
    Jane Mendelsohn, author of The New York Times’ bestselling novel *I Was Amelia Earhart*, discusses her new book, *American Music*. It’s a luminous love story centering on Milo, a severely wounded Iraq war veteran, and Honor, a former dancer who is now his physical therapist. Whenever she touches his damaged back, mysterious images from the past appear to both Milo and Honor, ultimately revealing the source of their growing love.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
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    Jon Clinch: Kings of the Earth

    Mon, Jul 12, 2010
    Jon Clinch, author of the prize-winning debut novel *Finn*, an original work drawn from Mark Twain that focused on Huckleberry Finn’s brutal father, discusses another imaginative work, *Kings of the Earth*. It’s a gripping and haunting story of life, death and family in rural America. Centered on three brothers, one of whom dies in his sleep, the surviving brothers are suspected of murder. Told in a chorus of distinctive voices that span a generation, the novel examines the bonds of family and blood, faith and suspicion that link not just the brothers but their community as well. Critics call it ”blunt and brutal yet beautifully told, a classic tale of family kinship twisted askew.” Clinch is a native of New York now living in Pennsylvania whose work has appeared in a number of literary magazines.
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    Georgia Center for the Book
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