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Margaret Mitchell House & Museum

The Margaret Mitchell House & Museum was founded in 1990 to save and preserve the house where Margaret Mitchell lived and wrote the book Gone With the Wind. On August 1, 2004, the Margaret Mitchell House merged with the Atlanta History Center (AHC). As a result, the AHC oversees the operation of the two-acre site which includes the Margaret Mitchell House, Gone With the Wind Movie Museum, Visitors Center, Museum Shop and The Center for Southern Literature. Tours of the exhibits tell the story of Margaret Mitchell beyond the book and movie, including her journalism career, philanthropy and family history. The Center for Southern Literature, the programming division of the MMH, preserves the legacy of Margaret Mitchell through weekly literary author programs, creative writing classes for adults and youth, and the administration of the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools Program.

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  • Roy Blount Jr. discusses his *Alphabet Juice* book, which celebrates “the juju of language”, the sonic and kinetic energies of words, and an exploration of our language. He uses sources as venerable as the Oxford English Dictionary and as hip as UrbanDictionary.com.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Two-time *New York Times* bestselling author Bailey White talks about *Nothing With Strings*, a new collection of stories of small town life, southern whimsy, and unforgettable characters.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Writers Karen Essex, Sheila Weller, and Katie Hickman discuss their new titles and explore what women really want to read during their summer vacations.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Mother and son authors, Iris and Roy Johansen, team up to discuss their latest collaboration, *Silent Thunder*. The story is a suspense tale about a mysterious submarine that holds a dark secret. This is a rare appearance by Iris Johansen, who has written 17 consecutive *New York Times* bestselling novels. She lives in Georgia. Edgar Award-winner Roy Johansen, Iris Johansen's son, is a novelist and screenwriter. He lives in southern California with his wife.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Mary Alice Monroe discusses her latest novel, *Time Is A River*. It's the story of Mia Landan, a woman healing from divorce in a remote cabin by a river.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Billie Letts discusses her new novel, *Made in the U.S.A.*, which is the story of two children who must discover how cruel, unfair, and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Andre Dubus III, author of *The House of Sand and Fog*, discusses his new novel, *The Garden of Last Days*. Its themes include sex, parenthood, honor, and masculinity.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Garrison Keillor introduces his book, *Liberty*, the latest offering from the host of *A Prairie Home Companion*.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Honor Moore discusses her most recent memoir, *The Bishop's Daughter*, the story of Moore's complex and visionary father, a man who was an Episcopal priest, an activist bishop in Washington under the Johnson administration, and a civil rights leader. Moore’s story covers issues of American life: war, race, family, sexuality, and faith. Moore is also the author of three collections of poems.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
  • Candace Bushnell, *The New York Times* author of *Lipstick Jungle* and *Sex and the City*, examines the lives of the tough and tender women who call the tony building at one Fifth Avenue home. *One Fifth Avenue* is a modern-day story of old and new money, and the thirst for power and social prominence that goes with it.
    Partner:
    Margaret Mitchell House & Museum