January 24, 2013 - 3:52pm
Touting his new book, Don’t Lose This, It’s My Only Copy and Other Stories, Greenfield Jones comes to Carmichael’s Bookstore for a special reading and signing this Saturday, January 26th, at 4pm.
You should not try to say the name “Flannery O’Connor” at three in the morning. You can try, you really can – I won’t stop you – but you and your tongue will find yourselves more than surprised by what happens to the sounds there in your mouth. That...
January 21, 2013 - 12:25pm
This is a book about our planet as the rotation slows. I’m going to have a lot to say here. Join Carmichael’s Bookstore as they host author Karen Thompson Walker this Wednesday, January 23rd, at 7pm for a reading of her book, ‘The Age of Miracles’.
Sometimes, when I’m sitting very still in the projection booth – let’s say I’m statuesque – I can feel the building breathing. The rumble of some large truck down Main Street or an abusive wind, something strong and slicing, forces itself into the brick, the...
January 18, 2013 - 1:06pm
How long has it been since we’ve put on poetry pants? Too long? I think so. Join poet Katerina Stoykova-Klemer at Carmichael’s Bookstore this Sunday, January 20th, as she headlines a special reading and signing and shares her new collection, ‘The Porcupine of Mind’ at 4pm.
Once upon a time, I lived in a very nicely painted bubble. Like a lot of the best bubbles on Earth, mine glistened in the light, metallic rainbows wormed on the surface and we were weightless together. I practically had my own planet. I was in love with my bubble. The...
January 17, 2013 - 11:29am
Join the fine folks at Carmichael’s Bookstore tonight, Thursday, January 17th, for a special reading and signing with author Leah Stewart honoring her new novel, ‘The History of Us’. Doors open at 7pm.
I once wrote the line “we never pass the same strangers twice on the street”. Or something arranged like that. It probably sounded more profound. Especially with context. But it happened once. And it stuck with me through all these years and pops into my...
January 16, 2013 - 11:30am
Touting the new book ‘Outside Shot: Big Dreams, Hard Times, and One County’s Quest for Basketball Greatness’, author Keith O’Brien will bring the courtside story of the Scott County Cardinals to the The Summit location of Barnes & Noble tonight, Wednesday, January 16th, at 7pm.
Our bones make snapping sounds like K’nex. Crack your knuckles out in space, and the bright pop of bone-on-bone at the joints is a plastic sound. An unnatural thing. We probably developed the entire concept of synthetics based on this whiplash snap alone. A flash of...
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