Tag: books
9 Questions for YA author Angie Thomas on her breakout hit, The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give author discusses Black Lives Matter, representation, and the Spotify playlist she listens to when writing.
Novelist Taylor Brown pens an ode to Georgia’s “Little Amazon”
In Taylor Brown’s brilliant second novel, The River of Kings, brothers Hunter and Lawton Loggins kayak down the Altamaha River to cast their father Hiram’s ashes into the ocean.
Allergic to human touch? Colleen Oakley’s latest novel explores the idea
In her new book, Close Enough to Touch, metro Atlanta novelist Colleen Oakley considers the practical and emotional ramifications being allergic to human touch. We recently chatted with Oakley about her inspiration for the book.
6 questions for writer George Saunders
The famed short story writer discusses his first novel and how it fits into the current political climate.
7 questions for Brit Bennett, author of “The Mothers”
Brit Bennett's debut novel, The Mothers, was released in October but has already received numerous accolades. She'll read from the book at Wrecking Bar as part of A Cappella Book's Writers @ The Wrecking Bar series on February 13.
The first book about the 2016 election is already out (and it’s by an Atlanta Magazine alum)
On the night of the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Lake was in CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C., watching Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, and the rest of the network’s politics team narrate the craziest story in modern American electoral history. For the past 18 months, he’d been working full-time on a book about the election—a book that audaciously (or insanely, depending on your perspective) was designed to be released just a week after the election. Yes, a week.
Three new indie book stores you should shop at in Atlanta
Sorry, Kindle—there’s nothing like cozying up with a real book. It seems others agree, as indie bookstores keep popping up around town. Our favorites offer a shopping experience that’s way more charming than Amazon, with reading nooks, cute trinkets, international publications, and limited editions.
Shakespeare’s First Folio comes to Emory
This month the First Folio arrives at Emory’s Carlos Museum as part of a nationwide tour, courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Asha Gomez’s new cookbook draws parallels between Southern India and the American South
Southern India and the American South are thousands of miles apart, but Spice to Table chef Asha Gomez sees an abundance of similarities between her family home in Kerala and her adopted home, both hot and humid places where hospitality reigns.
Book Tour: Mississippi
Explore the Southern origins of William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Eudora Welty.
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