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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

  • Susan Richard Shreve: Warm Springs

    Thu, Jun 7, 2007
    Author Susan Richard Shreve discusses her new memoir, *Warm Springs*, an inspiring story of her battle with polio as a teen and her recovery in Georgia's Warm Springs.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Two Poets: David Bottoms and William Walsh

    Thu, Jan 25, 2007
    Poets David Bottoms and William Walsh read from their works.
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  • Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

    Wed, Jan 17, 2007
    Kurlansky, the prize-winning author of *Nonviolence*; *Salt: A World History*; and *The Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry*, discusses his latest book, *Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell*. The book is described as a 'chatty, free-wheeling history of New York City told from the humble perspective of the once copious, eagerly consumed, now decimated eastern oyster.'
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