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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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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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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.

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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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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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Road to Disunion: Why the South Left

Wed, May 16, 2007

William Freehling discusses his new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2*. Georgia Center for the Book presents historian and writer William Freehling. His second book examines one of the fundamental questions in American history: Why did the southern states leave the union and precipitate the Civil War? His new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2, Secessionists Triumphant 1854-1861*, follows his Bancroft Prize-winning study of the Old South, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 1, Secessionists at Bay*.

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Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

Wed, May 23, 2007

Arnold Rampersad discusses his new book, *Ralph Ellison: A Biography*. Georgia Center for the Book presents the acclaimed writer as part of the Decatur Arts Festival celebration. Ralph Waldo Ellison, the American writer born in 1914, achieved international fame with his first novel, *Invisible Man* (1952). He was influenced early by the myth of the frontier, viewing the United States as a land of "infinite possibilities." The close-knit black community in which he grew up supplied him with images of courage and endurance and an interest in music.

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Letters About Literature

Sat, May 19, 2007

The Georgia Center for the Book honors the Georgia finalists of the 2007 "Letters About Literature" competition, sponsored by Target. These young writers read their inspirational letters written to a writer about his or her book, and describe how that book has changed their lives.

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Ron Rash: Chemistry

Thu, May 24, 2007

Ron Rash discusses his new book of stories, *Chemistry*. Georgia Perimeter College presents one of the South's literary voices, Ron Rash, who is the prize-winning writer of half of a dozen books of fiction and poetry. *Chemistry* is a collection filled with characters that cover a century in the troubled, violent South.

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In the Ruins of Empire: Battle for Postwar Asia

Mon, Jul 30, 2007

Ronald Spector reads from his new book, *In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia*. It is a sequel to the Prize-winning military historian's earlier book, *Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan*, hailed as the "definitive" one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Spector, who has been a historian at the US Army Center for Military History, also is the author of *After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam* and *At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Conflict in the 20th Century*.

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Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Thomas Frank, *The New York Times* bestselling author of *What's the Matter with Kansas?*, discusses his new book, *The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule*. The author argues that the same politicians who laughed at the mere idea of effective government have themselves created a government in which incompetence is the rule.

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