By Emily on May 11, 2011
Business booming in CY By Barb Elder Hardly a month goes by without an exciting, new business opening in Cooper-Young. For those of you who desire to shop locally, here are a couple more homegrown options to consider. Imagine Vegan Café is open for business at 2156 Young. According to The Memphis Daily News, their [...]
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By Kristan on April 27, 2011
Press Release from Burke’s Bookstore: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2011 We are pleased to announce the release of Burke’s owner Corey Mesler’s new full-length poetry book, Before the Great Troubling ($16.00, Unbound Content). “Corey Mesler is a Memphis treasure— a gaudily gifted poet-fabulist, he’s our master of the surreal lyric, our River City Rimbaud, [...]
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By Kristan on April 26, 2011
Press Release from Burke’s Bookstore: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2011 JOHN GRISHAM 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL OFFER Burke’s Book Store is now taking orders for signed copies of John Grisham’s newest young adult novel, Theodore Boone: The Abduction (Penguin, $16.99), due out in early June. This is the second book in his young adult series. [...]
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By Kristan on April 11, 2011
Press Release from Burke’s Book Store: Burke’s Book Store 936 S. Cooper Memphis TN 38104 Phone 901-278-7484 Fax 901-274-8863 Since 1875 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2011 Kyran Pittman will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, May 5th, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM to read from and sign copies of her new memoir, Planting [...]
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By Kristan on April 11, 2011
Press Release from Burke’s Book Store: Burke’s Book Store 936 S. Cooper Memphis TN 38104 Phone 901-278-7484 Fax 901-274-8863 Since 1875 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2011 Dean Faulkner Wells will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, April 21st, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM to sign copies of her new book, Every Day by [...]
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By on January 29, 2011
By Corey Mesler Ken Murphy and Scott Baretta will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, February 3, from 5:30-6:30pm to sign copies of their coffee table book, Mississippi: State of the Blues (Proteus/Murphy Publishing, $59.95). This event coincides with the monthly First Thursday Night Out in Cooper-Young. This book is a commentary on the [...]
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By on December 7, 2010
By Corey Mesler Nationally celebrated musician and songwriter, Marshall Chapman, will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, December 9, from 5:30-6:30pm to read from and sign copies of her new book, They Came to Nashville ($25.00 hardcover, Vanderbilt U. Press.) The reading will begin at 6pm. American music critic, Peter Guralnick, wrote, “Anyone who [...]
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By on December 6, 2010
By Corey Mesler Neil White will return to Burke’s Book Store on Tuesday, December 7, from 5:30-6:30pm to sign copies of the paperback version of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts (Harper Perrenial, $14.95) and his new picture book, Mississippians ($45.00, hardback). According to the Memphis Flyer, “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is more than a [...]
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By on November 27, 2010
By Corey Mesler Memphian Andria Lisle along with Amie Plumley and Justin Fox Burks will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, December 2, from 5:30-6:30pm to sign copies of their new book, Sewing School: 24 Hand-Sewing Projects Kids will Love to Make (The Storey Books, $16.95). This event coincides with the monthly Cooper-Young Neighborhood [...]
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By on September 3, 2010
By Sallie Johnson Twenty-six percent of adults in Memphis lack basic prose literacy skills, meaning they read below the third grade level. They are unable to understand a note from a teacher, read the instructions on a medicine bottle, or gain employment, and they generally live in poverty. Illiteracy is generational, and it is a [...]
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