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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

  • 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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  • Cherry Adair: White Heat

    Wed, Jul 18, 2007
    Cherry Adair discusses the development of her career and her writing process while working on her latest thriller, *White Heat*, the sequel to 2005's best-selling *Hot Ice*. Adair's other books include *Edge of Danger*, *Edge of Fear*, *Hide and Seek* and *On Thin Ice*.
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  • The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why

    Wed, May 9, 2007
    Jabari Asim, deputy editor of the Washington Post Book World and an essayist on popular culture for national magazines, explains why he believes that there is a place in this world for the usage of the "N" word, but only in the mouths and pens of those who truly understand its twisted history, whether Mark Twain, Dave Chappelle, or Mos Def.
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  • Jim Grimsley: Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree

    Mon, May 7, 2007
    Jim Grimsley discusses two of his works, Forgiveness and The Last Green Tree. Forgiveness is a black, comedic tale of a bankrupt accounting executive who dreams of achieving stardom by murdering his wife. Forgiveness is a morality tale that questions modern preoccupations with fame, the media, and luxury goods. The Last Green Tree is Grimsley's sequel to the award winning The Ordinary, and is a science fiction chronicle of the rise of a war between epic forces.
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  • Supreme Discomfort: Clarence Thomas' Divided Soul

    Thu, May 3, 2007
    Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher discusses their book, *Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas*. Georgia Center for the Book presents two Washington Post reporters who provide an account of the life of Savannah-born Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Their book examines the irony of the nation's second African-American Justice finding himself a pariah in most of the black community.
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  • Brad Meltzer: Book of Lies

    Fri, Sep 19, 2008
    Brad Meltzer talks about his new novel, *The Book of Lies*. Meltzer's mystery poses questions about the link between murders separated by thousands of years going back to Cain and Abel.
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  • John Burnham Schwartz: The Commoner

    Mon, Feb 11, 2008
    John Burnham Schwartz' discusses his fourth novel, *The Commoner*, which is a tale inspired by the dramatic, real-life stories of the reigning empress and crown princess of Japan. It is a story of a brutally and controlled existence, at once hidden and exposed, and of a complex relationship between two isolated women. Schwartz' other novels include *Reservation Road* and *Bicycle Days*.
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  • Charles E. Cobb Jr.: On the Road to Freedom

    Tue, Feb 19, 2008
    Charles E. Cobb Jr., a prominent black journalist and reporter for NPR and PBS' *Frontline*, discusses *On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail*. The book is a guide to over 400 historic sites in America linked to the Civil Right Movement.
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    Mercy: Dying of AIDS in Africa

    Mon, Sep 10, 2007
    Lara Santoro, a veteran journalist, discusses her first novel, *Mercy*, a tragic and powerful story of what it is like to die of AIDS in Africa. *Mercy* offers a glimpse into the role played by the pharmaceutical industry and the US government against the interests of an entire continent, and gives a name and face to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is a story Santoro has seen played out many times in her prize-winning coverage of Africa for *Newsweek* and the *Christian Science Monitor*. Her work has also appeared in *The Wall Street Journal*, *The New Republic* and the *London Sunday Times*.
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  • Nefertiti: Queen of Egypt, Daughter of Eternity

    Mon, Oct 8, 2007
    Michelle Moran discusses her latest novel, *Nefertiti*, about one of history's most intriguing figures. Based on extensive on-site research, the book offers a detailed, realistic story of a beautiful and charismatic queen struggling against palace intrigue. Moran is a Californian who has worked in Israel as a volunteer archaeologist.
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