By Staff on June 15, 2011
By Bard Cole On Thursday, June 23, 7pm at First Congregational Church (1000 S. Cooper) writers from the University of Alabama’s Creative Writing program will be holding a fundraising event called “Tuscaloosa Ink: Alabama Writers in Memphis.” Proceeds from this event will go to the University of Alabama’s Acts of Kindness fund to assist students, [...]
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By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson My review of Alexander Brown’s book Traumatized begins with a funny story. While I was a guest at the Southern Fried Comic Conference in Jackson, Mississippi last June, I had the pleasure of meeting Alex and picking up a copy of his book. It is a collection of short stories, so I [...]
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By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Lillian Johnson Summer slide – it’s not a new dance or children’s playground equipment. Unfortunately, the phrase refers to a phenomenon that occurs when students forget what they have learned while on break from school during the summer months. Learning loss affects all school subjects, can have cumulative effects, and isn’t limited to elementary-aged [...]
Posted in Education, Goings On! | Tagged books, Education, events, family, kids |
By Emily on May 11, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson In March, I was a literary guest at the sci-fi convention, Coast Con, in Biloxi, MS. At the convention I picked up a copy of the delightful children’s book The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. The story is of Milo, a bored young boy who one day receives a gift in the [...]
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By on January 31, 2011
By Kimberly Richardson Herman Hesse’s novel Steppenwolf is more than a simple story within a story: a man and his travels read by a young man who discovers his manuscript. This novel tells of a man coming to grips with his humanity as well as the beast within. This man, Harry Haller, is a purveyor [...]
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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 Kimberly Richardson Danzy Senna, author of the book Caucasia, pulls out all the stops in her novel Symptomatic. Not only is this is a psychological thriller, but it also addresses racial concerns that are woven well into the tale. The narrator of the story is a young biracial woman from California who moves to [...]
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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 September 3, 2010
By Carroll Oswalt The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder in Memphis by Dr. James C. Paavola, is a suspense/thriller written from the perspective of a fictional psychologist working with Memphis police officers as they solve murders. This is the first in a planned series of novels with the second book scheduled for release early next year. In this [...]
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