Tag: books
6 Atlanta bookstores where community matters as much as the books
In an era of book bans, Atlanta’s bookstores matter more than ever. A new wave of shops focuses on specific interests and building community—including All the Tropes, Sincerely Yours, The Lavender Bookshop, Books & Brew, and Wild Aster Books.
Six summer reads from Georgia authors
A slew of Georgia authors have new books out this year, from a moving memoir by Erika J. Simpson to Stacey Abrams’s latest in the Avery Keene thriller series. Get your bookmarks ready for your next favorite read.
Two new summer reads explore the food scene in Atlanta—the city their authors once called home
Two new books—one a memoir, the other a work of fiction—capture the glamor and grit of the restaurant world and the often-messy lives of the folks whisked up within it.
Atlanta native Rob Franklin on his acclaimed debut novel, Great Black Hope
Great Black Hope has already drawn wide praise from critics, authors, and literary figures alike. “It feels so particular to my observations and obsessions,” Franklin says of his debut novel. “It felt so specific to me. It just felt like a debut. I really like debuts that are an introduction to the writer's style and the author's worldview.”
As he appears set to run for governor, Michael Thurmond uses his recent book to connect with Georgians
If former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announces in the weeks ahead that he's running for the Democratic nomination for governor, which seems increasingly likely, one of his most important allies on the campaign trail will be a Georgian who died 240 years ago.
Atlanta journalist Josh Green’s second novel tackles gentrification
What happens when you mix together Atlanta gentrification, escaped venomous snakes, and a drunk narrator nicknamed God? Anarchy that borders on being a little too real.
Tara Roberts searches the deep sea for clues of U.S. slavery’s past
Tara Roberts, who lives in Atlanta, has spent much of the past six years below the sea, exploring shipwrecks that date back to the transatlantic slave trade. Her new book, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home and Belonging, is a reflective quest through history, equal parts memoir and narrative reporting, which explores the ocean and the way it bears silent witness to the atrocities of our colonial past.
An exclusive preview of Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn: Volume Three
These pages are an excerpt from the third book by internationally renowned kitchen, bath, and product designer Matthew Quinn, which will be released this month: Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn: Volume Three presents 16 exquisite projects consisting of kitchens, baths, dressing rooms, and other treasured spaces within a uniquely curated collection of client homes and design inspiration.
Peter Essick’s photography glimpses a changing city from above
During the pandemic Peter Essick, an award-winning photographer who often shoots for National Geographic, was spending a lot of time on the road. Commuting regularly from his home in Stone Mountain for a project at the Fernbank Museum in North Druid Hills, Essick began to notice all the construction projects popping up along the route. “From the road, all that construction wasn’t that visually interesting,” Essick says. “But then I started thinking, what would it look like from a drone?” With that idea, a new project was born.
When graphic designer James Burns was diagnosed with cancer, he reached for his sketchbook
James Burns’s Instagram post last December immediately upstaged all of the food porn, cat videos, and workout thirst traps on the app. Even the doomscrollers parked their thumbs for a minute. Through a series of four black-and-white comic panels, the Athens-based graphic designer told followers that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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