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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

  • Kabul Beauty School

    Fri, Apr 13, 2007
    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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  • Divided America: Ferocious Power Struggle in US Politics

    Tue, Mar 27, 2007
    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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • 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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    Georgia Center for the Book

  • Robert E. Lee: Reading the Man

    Tue, May 15, 2007
    Elizabeth Brown Pryor discusses her new book,*Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters*. Georgia Center for the Book presents E. Pryor, former diplomat and historian (*Clara Barton: Professional Angel*) and her new look at Robert E. Lee. In her new book, Pryor draws from previously unpublished correspondence, which reveal more fully than ever Lee's life and beliefs before, during and after the Civil War.
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