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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Preston Lauterbach signs Bluff City
W. W. Norton (1/2019)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

Who was Ernest Withers? Most Americans may not know the name, but they do know his photographs. Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and ’60s: Martin Luther King, Jr., riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till’s uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at one of his nephew’s killers; scores of African-American protestors, carrying a forest of signs reading "I am a man." But while he enjoyed unparalleled access to the inner workings of the civil rights movement, Withers was working as an informant for the FBI...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Mesha Maren signs Sugar Run
Algonquin (1/2019)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

In 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she’s sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. She’s released eighteen years later and finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian mountains, she goes searching for someone she left behind, but on the way, she meets and falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother. Together, they try to make a fresh start, but is that even possible in a town that refuses to change? ...

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Saturday, January 5, 2019
Signing 4:00 | Reading 4:30



Michelle A. Purdy signs Transforming the Elite
University of North Carolina Press (9/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, numerous white students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or private segregationist academies. But some historically white elite private schools opted to desegregate. The black students that attended these schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders...

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Saturday, December 22, 2018
Signing 11:00

Dust, Voices, and Dispatches from the Delta





Friday, December 21, 2018
Signing 1:00



Malcolm White signs The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal's
University Press of Mississippi (3/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal's is a collaboration between artist Ginger Williams Cook and author Malcolm White about the people, the place, and the history of Hal & Mal's, an iconic institution in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Featuring beautiful watercolor paintings, the book brings together thirty years of family history, live music performances, and cafe society through graphic designs of old photographs, original illustrations...

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Friday, December 21, 2018
Signing 11:00



Marshall Ramsey signs Drawing the Line
Clarion Ledger (2016)

First edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

For the past 20 years, award-winning editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey has covered it all. From Hurricane Katrina to hijinks under the state Capitol dome, Ramsey's cartoons have documented two decades of Mississippi's colorful history. Now The Clarion-Ledger proudly brings you 172 of Ramsey's best cartoons. From Gov. Kirk Fordice's beret and Frank Melton's "Hug Me" badges to ElectionMan, Ramsey draws with a sharp pencil and a sharp eye...

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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Signing 11:00



Erin and Ben Napier sign Make Something Good Today
Gallery Books (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town, comes Make Something Good Today, a memoir that tells us all to seek out the good in life, celebrate the beauty of family and friends, and prosper within our communities because everything we need in life to be happy, is within our grasp. Long before their hugely popular TV show, an expanding family, or demolition day on their dream home, Erin began keeping a daily online journal to help her stay focused on the positive and count her blessings in life...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Signing 4:30



James L. Robertson signs Heroes, Rascals, and the Law
University Press of Mississippi (12/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

James L. Robertson focuses on folk encountering their constitutions and laws, in their courthouses and country stores, and in their daily lives, animating otherwise dry and inaccessible parchments. Robertson begins at statehood and continues through war and depression, well into the 1940s. He tells of slaves petitioning for freedom, populist sentiments fueling abnegation of the rule of law, the state's many schemes for enticing Yankee capital to lift a people from poverty, and its sometimes tragic, always colorful...

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Signing 11:00



Michael Farris Smith signs The Fighter
Little, Brown (3/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

A blistering novel of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta. The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too. The decades of bare-knuckle fighting are now taking their toll...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Signing 5:00

Dogwood Press Presents



Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Signing 2:00



Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters sign A Mississippi Palate
Different Drummer (11/2017)

First edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Chef, restaurateur, and author Robert St. John and watercolorist Wyatt Waters are pleased to introduce their latest collaboration, a hardback book entitled A Mississippi Palate: Heritage Cuisine and Watercolors of Home. The book marks the fourth partnership between the two notable Mississippians. A Mississippi Palate delivers 105 recipes, each with a Mississippi connection...

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Saturday, December 15, 2018
Signing 2:00



George T. Malvaney signs Cups Up
University Press of Mississippi (5/2018)

First edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A riveting story of perseverance and redemption that proves life is stranger than fiction. George T. Malvaney's life epitomizes the old maxim that "You cannot make this stuff up." Combine a young Klansman from Mississippi, an armed coup attempt in the Caribbean, a stay in prison, and a life-changing epiphany, and you have but half of this swashbuckling tale. Throw in the worst man-made ecological disaster in the history of the United States, and you have unleashed Malvaney's full life story...

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Saturday, December 15, 2018
Signing 1:00




Josh Foreman and Ryan Starrett sign Hidden History of Jackson
History Press (2/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

The history of Jackson is filled with gripping tales of horrors and heroism. A recording company founded in the mid-1960s with the expectation of competing with New Orleans and Memphis was a national success, outlasting its better-funded rivals. Known as the “Devil's Backbone,” the Natchez Trace is the graveyard for...

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Saturday, December 15, 2018
Signing 12:00



Wyatt Waters signs Paintings Done This Year Calendar
Wyatt Waters Gallery (9/2018)

Wall calendar for 2019. Signed.

Widely known for his watercolors of Southern culture, Wyatt Waters creates paintings of the roadside South. He owns and operates the Wyatt Waters Gallery in Clinton, MS. This year's calendar features 13 original paintings by Wyatt Waters, done this past year. Buying the calendar for the pictures? The calendar is designed to accommodate a 16 x 20 standard frame with a 3-inch mat...

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Saturday, December 15, 2018
Photos 9:00 to 1:00



Thursday, December 13, 2018
Signing 5:00



Chris Kellum signs Igniting Your Purpose

Paperback. Signed.

Are you living the greatness inside you? Imagine a world where everyone is living the life they were created to live. At some point in our lives, each of us experiences an innate desire to make a difference. You were created for greatness and that greatness is found in your Why. You deserve to live the life that you were created to live. Your circumstances don't define who you are. Yet, so often, we allow those circumstances to dictate our destiny. In Igniting Your Purpose, Chris takes you on a journey of self-discovery...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Signing 5:00



Charlie Spillers signs Whirlwind

Hardcover or paperback. Signed.

A drone strike in in the Golan Heights kills an Iranian Quds Force general. In retaliation, terror cells are sent to the U.S. When a member of a terror cell dies in an auto accident, FBI agent Frank Marsh discovers that an attack may be imminent. Based on vague clues, he and Kathy Foster try to figure out where terrorists plan to attack...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Danny Toma signs America First
Regnery (9/2018)

Hardcover. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

For decades, Americans have been conditioned to believe "foreign policy" is the policy of prioritizing the interests of foreign nations over American interests. After all, that's how previous presidential administrations have behaved. But Donald Trump won the presidency because he promised a foreign policy that put America first. So what does Trump's "America First" foreign policy doctrine mean in practice?...

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Monday, December 10, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



G. Mark LaFrancis, Robert Morgan, and Darrell White sign The Parchman Ordeal
History Press (11/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

On October 1965, nearly 800 young people attempted to march from their churches in Natchez to protest segregation, discrimination and mistreatment by white leaders and elements of the Ku Klux Klan. As they exited the churches, local authorities forced the would-be marchers onto buses and charged them with "parading without a permit," a local ordinance later ruled unconstitutional. For approximately 150 of these young men and women, this was only the beginning...

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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Signing 4:00



Ben Wynne signs The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis
LSU Press (11/2018)

Hardcover. Signed.

Regarded as one of the most vocal, well-traveled, and controversial statesmen of the nineteenth century, antebellum politician Henry Stuart Foote played a central role in a vast array of pivotal events. Despite Foote’s unique mark on history, until now no comprehensive biography existed. Ben Wynne fills this gap in his examination of the life of this gifted and volatile public figure...

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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Signing 2:00

University Press of Mississippi Presents



Saturday, December 8, 2018
Signing 12:00



Kiese Laymon signs Heavy
Scribner (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation...

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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Story Time Signing 10:00



Michael Hewes and Sarah Hewes sign The Tempestuous Trial of Maybelline Meriweather
River Road Press (10/2018)

Hardcover. As new in dust jacket.

Maybelline Meriweather has been put on trial for the most heinous of crimes—stealing an egg from another bird’s nest. Maybelline, without a doubt one of the most colorful citizens of the town of Avian Mile, finds herself in a difficult spot as the accused and, after consulting with the Mockingbirds, retains the renowned Atticus Peck to take her case...

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Thursday, December 6, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Peter Gilderson signs The Beast of Theydon Garnon

Hardcover. Signed.

Harold Bates, a greedy and power-hungry manor lord in the quaint English village of Theydon Garnon, would seem to be firmly above the law, especially when he's able to hand-pick his own constable -- the area's top law enforcement officer -- through sheer sleight of hand. And that's crucial, because his lordship's smuggling business is growing by leaps and bounds...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Presentation 5:30



Glennray Tutor signs Portals
Yoknapatawpha (5/2018)

First edition. Signed. As new with no jacket as issued.

Portals is the debut art album of Glennray Tutor, a painter listed among the top 50 hyperrealists in the world. Tutor is known for his use of bright colors, detail, and metaphor. At first glance his paintings look like photos but they are paintings with incredible detail...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Signing 5:00



Angie Thomas signs The Hate U Give
Balzer + Bray (9/2018)

Note: This event was moved from Saturday, 12/1. Angie will sign copies of the original, collector's, and movie edition.

The collector’s edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning novel contains a letter from the author, the meanings behind the names in the book, a map of Garden Heights, fan art, the full, original story that inspired the book, and an excerpt from On the Come Up. The Hate U Give is now a major motion picture starring Amandla Stenberg, Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, and Common. The movie tie-in hardcover edition features the movie poster art, full-color photos, and Angie Thomas in conversation with Amandla Stenberg and director George Tillman Jr...

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Saturday, December 1, 2018
Signing 4:00 | Reading 4:30



Jan Risher signs Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers
University of Louisiana Press (9/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

Author Jan Risher took the long way to get from Mississippi to Louisiana with stops in between in Slovakia, Mexico, China, Burkina Faso, and more than forty other countries. Since moving to Lafayette, Louisiana, she has been a Sunday columnist for The Daily Advertiser and has written a column every single week since March 2002...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Frank LaRue Owen signs The School of Soft-Attention
Homebound (9/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

It has been said that poetry can be a marker of where a poet has been, or a way for a poet to point to places where we, the reader, can go. Both types of poems appear in The School of Soft-Attention. Not corralled to any one poetic style, the heart-mind-river that forms this flowing collection has been shaped by the author’s diverse cross-cultural experiences, spiritual tutelage with a New Mexican wisewoman and wilderness guide, and fueled by such practices as meditation in the Zen tradition, mountain pilgrimages...

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Sheree Rose Kelley signs Breads & Spreads
Nautilus (10/2018)

Hardcover. Signed.

Sheree Rose Kelley is a keeper of family recipes and lore. From her Pulaski, Tennessee, birthplace to her current post as CEO of Belle Meade Winery, Kelley has been a steadfast steward of the disappearing art of baking in the home. By 2007, Kelley was known to all in Nashville as “The Belle Meade Cake Lady.” Her culinary tours and biscuit classes are now legendary. Breads & Spreads journals her love of home-baked goods and a devotion to passing it along...

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Saturday, November 24, 2018
Signing 11:00


Timothy T. Isbell signs The Mississippi Gulf Coast
University Press of Mississippi (8/2018)

Hardcover. Signed.

Through more than two hundred stunning photographs, The Mississippi Gulf Coast illustrates what visitors and residents alike love about the region--the sunrises and sunsets; the distinctive character of each town along the waterfront; the historic places; the traditional coast cuisine; and the arts, gaming, and watersports. Passing from the western part of the coast to the east, The Mississippi Gulf Coast will refamiliarize some and introduce others to the Coast of Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, d'Iberville, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Pascagoula, and Moss Point...

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Saturday, November 24, 2018
Story Time Signing 10:00


Terre Harris signs Doodle the Deer

Hardcover. Signed.

Terre Harris has spent 40 years in Early Childhood education as a teacher and administrator. She currently serves as the director of The Weekday Preschool at Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson, MS. She's an Active Board Member of the Mississippi Early Childhood Association on Children Under Six and is a trainer for early educators and co-owner of the Early Education Dream Center offering quality training for staff engaged in early education...

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Friday, November 23, 2018
Signing 11:30



Dawn Dugle signs The BRAVO! Way

with Jeff Good and Dan Blumenthal
Sartoris (11/2018)

Hardcover. Signed on the title page. No jacket as issued.

Opening a restaurant is about as risky as dancing on a hilltop beneath a metal umbrella during a thunderstorm. Researchers tell us that 60 percent of new restaurants fail the first year and 80 percent fail before the 5th anniversary. All of which is why the upcoming 25th anniversary of a popular Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant, BRAVO!, is of such interest. How did owners Jeff Good and Dan Blumenthal beat the odds? There are lessons to be learned from their experiences...

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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Event at the Eudora Welty House
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Leif Enger signs Virgil Wander
Grove Press (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart. Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is “cruising along at medium altitude” when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Signing & Reading 5:00



Hank Burdine signs Dust in the Road
Delta Magazine/Coopwood (10/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

“I have lived an interesting and wonderful life,” said Burdine. “I simply write about what I’ve lived, and people seem to connect with that.” With fifty articles, the book’s forward was written by author, journalist, and Garden and Gun contributing editor Julia Reed, a Greenville native and lifelong friend of Burdine. Reed encouraged Burdine to work along with her to help make the Greenville Hot Tamale Festival a “literary and culinary mash-up”...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Signing 1:00



Paige Williams signs The Dinosaur Artist
Hachette Books (9/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

New Yorker writer Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in this "tremendous" (David Grann) true tale of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia--a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics" (Rebecca Skloot). In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton"...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Tom Royals signs Conversations with Will D. Campbell
University Press of Mississippi (2/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

Conversations with Will D. Campbell is the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights movement. Ranging from a 1971 discussion about religion and ending with a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2009, these twelve interviews give insight to Campbell's unique religious beliefs and highlight pivotal moments of his career...

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Monday, November 12, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Bob Drury signs Valley Forge
Simon & Schuster (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American history: the story of the Continental Army’s six-month transformation in Valley Forge. December 1777. It is 18 months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and some 12,000 members of America’s beleaguered Continental Army stagger into a small Pennsylvania encampment 23 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia...

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Friday, November 9, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Harrison Scott Key signs Congratulations, Who Are You Again?
Harper Perennial (11/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. Paperback as issued.

This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who’s ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up. Little-known author Mark Twain once said that the two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why. He’s talking about dreams here, the destiny that calls every living soul to some kind of greatness. What Mr. Twain doesn’t say is...

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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Tom Bennitt signs Burning Under
Stephen F. Austin University Press (10/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

Set in southwestern Pennsylvania, Burning Under is a cerebral literary thriller that centers around a deadly coalmine explosion. A polyphonic narrative, the point of view shifts between three people whose lives are shaken by the disaster. Larry, a veteran miner haunted by his past, survives the explosion, but cannot avoid the media spotlight or the hero label. Denise, a young nurse, tries to escape her troubled marriage by taking a job at a Pittsburgh hospital...

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Young Adult Event | Signing & Reading 5:30

Join us for a special YA Event with Natalie C. Parker featuring Tessa Gratton



Natalie C. Parker signs Seafire
Razorbill (8/2018)

Hardcover. Signed on the title page.

The first in a heart-stopping trilogy that recalls the undeniable feminine power of Wonder Woman and the powder-keg action of Mad Max: Fury Road, Seafire reminds us of the importance of sisterhood and unity in the face of oppression and tyranny. After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas...

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Tessa Gratton signs Strange Grace
Margaret K. McElderry Books (9/2018)

Hardcover. Signed on the title page.

Once, a witch made a pact with a devil. The legend says they loved each other, but can the story be trusted at all? Find out in this lush, atmospheric fantasy novel that entwines love, lies, and sacrifice. Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early...

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Monday, November 5, 2018
Signing & Reading 4:00



Melissa Joseph signs A Tender Force
Konstellation Press (11/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

At times deep and stirring, at other times quirky and whimsical, A Tender Force covers a landscape of memories and emotions in poetic form that leave us discovering more about the author as well as our own selves in reading it. With chapters touching on Tenderness, Connection, Doubt, Sensuality, Suffering, and Becoming, among others, Melissa Joseph delivers a labor of love that reveals both her literary talent as well as her heart. A collection of prose that you can pack-up and take with you like an old friend you enjoy spending time with...

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Friday, November 2, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Timothy Pakron signs Mississippi Vegan
Avery (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new with no jacket as issued.

Celebrate the gorgeous and delicious possibilities of plant-based southern cuisine. Inspired by the landscape and flavors of his childhood on the Mississippi gulf coast, Timothy Pakron found his heart, soul, and calling in cooking the Cajun, Creole, and southern classics of his youth. In his debut cookbook, he shares 125 plant-based recipes, all of which substitute ingredients without sacrificing depth of flavor and reveal the secret tradition of veganism in southern cooking...

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Thursday, November 1, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Beth Kander signs Original Syn
Owl House Books (8/2018)

Paperback. Signed.

Fifty years after the Singularity, the world is divided into two populations locked in a cold war: Synthetic Citizens, or Syns, human-computer hybrids with extraordinary enhancements and potentially infinite lifespans; and Originals, the individuals who did not merge their bodies with the machines. But the decades-long battle between Original and Syn is almost at an end, because the Originals are on the verge of extinction. One of the only young Originals left in the world, Ere...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



John M. Floyd signs The Barrens
Dogwood Press (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

For the past twenty years Mississippi author John M. Floyd has been one of the most widely published short-story writers in America. His work has been nominated for the Edgar Award, has won the Derringer Award three times, and has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. In addition, his stories have been listed among the top fifty mysteries of the year seven times by Best American Mystery Stories editor Otto Penzler, and twice among the top twenty—and he was recently awarded the Edward D. Hoch...

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Monday, October 29, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Rachel Cobb signs Mistral
Daimani (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new with no jacket as issued.

Mistral is a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind. Photographer Rachel Cobb illustrates the effects of this relentless wind that funnels down the Rhône Valley, periodically gusting to 120 km per hour—hurricane strength on the Beaufort wind force scale. The region has, accordingly, adjusted to accommodate the mistral's impact. Some houses are built the traditional way, with few or no windows on the windward side and the main entrance on the sheltered side. Heavy stones hold down terra-cotta roof tiles. Rows of trees lining fields create windbreaks to shield crops...

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Saturday, October 27, 2018
Signing 2:00 | Reading 4:00



Erin and Ben Napier sign Make Something Good Today
Gallery Books (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town, comes Make Something Good Today, a memoir that tells us all to seek out the good in life, celebrate the beauty of family and friends, and prosper within our communities because everything we need in life to be happy, is within our grasp. Long before their hugely popular TV show, an expanding family, or demolition day on their dream home, Erin began keeping a daily online journal to help her stay focused on the positive and count her blessings in life...

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Friday, October 26, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Jim Weatherly signs Midnight Train
Yoknapatawpha (10/2018)

Hardcover or Paperback. Signed.

College football fans, especially followers of Southeastern Conference and Ole Miss sports, as well as fans of Rhythm & Blues and Country music, will find a book that encompasses all that and more in Midnight Train. Follow former Ole Miss quarterback Jim Weatherly’s unique journey from All-SEC player in the 1960s, as a quarterback on the only undefeated and untied Ole Miss football team, to a lengthy career in music and a 2014 enshrinement into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York...

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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Signing 5:00



Elizabeth Heiskell signs The Southern Living Party Cookbook
Southern Living (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new with no jacket as issued.

From the Southern Living arbiter of Southern food and lifestyle, and caterer, TV personality, and cooking teacher Elizabeth Heiskell, comes this revamp of the number one best-selling Southern Living cookbook of all time, Southern Living Party Cookbook (1972). This essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion and offers multiple menus and party ideas for each one, so that you have a template for every celebratory scenario life serves up. All the great advice is delivered with classic Southern flair and in Elizabeth's say-it-like-it-is, irreverent style...

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Monday, October 22, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Elliot Ackerman signs Waiting for Eden
Knopf (10/2018)

First edition. Signed on the title page. As new in dust jacket.

From the National Book Award finalist, a breathtakingly spare and shattering new novel that traces the intersection of three star-crossed lives. Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he will never again see the friend and fellow soldier who didn’t make it back home—and who narrates the novel. But on Christmas, the one day Mary is not at his bedside...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Event at Millsaps College
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Heavy: An American Memoir $26.00
by Kiese Laymon

New York, NY: Scribner (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception does to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Dance Between $24.95
by Valerie Winn

Brandon, MS: Dogwood (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Beth Brinkmann isn’t a little girl anymore, but not quite a young woman. Raised in a good home by loving parents in a comfortable little southern town where everyone knows everyone else, she realizes she has a good life. But there are growing pains. Some are small, like trying to adapt to waves of new kids at a different junior high. Others are deeply moving, such as watching the mother of a close friend suffer from Multiple Sclerosis. Beth, however, has her father’s moxie...

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Monday, October 15, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Southern Discomfort: A Memoir $27.00
by Tena Clark

New York, NY: Touchstone (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In the bestselling tradition of The Help comes a riveting, and profoundly moving memoir set in rural Mississippi during the Civil Rights era about a white girl coming of age in a repressive society and the woman who gave her the strength to forge her own path—the black nanny who cared for her. Tena Clark was born in 1953 in a tiny Mississippi town close to the Alabama border, where the legacy of slavery and racial injustice still permeated every aspect of life. On the outside, Tena’s childhood looked like a fairytale...

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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


Everlasting Nora $16.99
by Marie Miranda Cruz

New York, NY: Starscape (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance, hope, and family, Everlasting Nora follows a girl living in the real-life shanty town inside the Philippines’ Manila North Cemetery. After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, twelve-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila’s North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines. When her mother disappears mysteriously one day, Nora is left alone...

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle $30.00
by Hampton Sides

New York, NY: Doubleday (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of UN troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Young Adult Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


Grim Lovelies $17.99
by Megan Shepherd

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a Beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies and cinders serving Mada Vittora, the evil witch who spelled her into existence...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


She Would Be King $26.00
by Wayétu Moore

New York, NY: Graywolf (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history—a dazzling retelling of Liberia’s formation. Way&etu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee...

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Monday, October 8, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates $29.95
by Eric Jay Dolin

New York, NY: Liveright (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age”—spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s—when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them...

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Saturday, October 6, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 2:00


The Darkdeep $16.99
by Ally Condie

New York, NY: Bloomsbury (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

NYT bestselling powerhouses Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs pen a new suspenseful MG series that's Stranger Things meets The Goonies. When a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico over a cliff and into Still Cove, where no one ever goes, friends Tyler and Ella—and even “cool kid” Opal—rush to his rescue…only to discover an island hidden in the swirling mists below. Shrouded by dense foliage and protected by dangerous tides, the eerie island is far from paradise...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South $40.00
by Marc R. Matrana & Robin S. Lattimore

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). Hardback. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

An illustrated exploration of the legacies and restoration of historic antebellum homes in the South. Few things evoke thoughts and memories of the past more than a house from a bygone era, and few places are identified and symbolized more by historic dwellings than the American South. Plantation houses built with columned porticos and wide porches, stout chimneys, large rooms, and sweeping staircases survive as legacies of both a storied and troubled past...

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Gravesend $25.95
by William Boyle

New York, NY: Pegasus (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In this masterful work of neo-noir, William Boyle expertly captures the grit and desperation of a neighborhood in flux, and spotlights the neighbors who find themselves caught up in the crimes of the past. Some worship him and some want him dead, but either way, tensions run high when “Ray Boy” Calabrese is released from prison. It’s been sixteen years since Ray Boy’s actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite wasting away at a local Rite Aid...

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Saturday, September 22, 2018
Picture Book Event | Signing & Story Time 10:00


T. Rex Time Machine $16.99
by Jared Chapman

New York, NY: Chronicle (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

When two hungry dinosaurs jump into a time machine, they're transported to an unbelievable, magical, surreal future: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! On the T. Rexes' madcap voyage into the unknown, they encounter the many wonders of the modern world: Police cars! Phones! Microwaves! They don't know how they'll get home—but why would they want to? Acclaimed author and illustrator Jared Chapman combines two favorite kid topics—time travel and dinosaurs—with bold colors, big jokes...

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Saturday, September 22, 2018
Signing 4:00 | Reading 4:30


Suffer the Children $12.00
by Adair Sanders

Createspace (2018). Paperback. Signed.

Fifteen months after the death of her husband, Judge Jim Kaufman, young lawyer Allison Parker takes on her first case in her husband’s old courtroom. The case—workplace sexual harassment—pits Parker against her legal nemesis, Jack Striker. Meanwhile, FBI agent Jake Cleveland informs private investigator Frank Martin and local sheriff Toby Trowbridge of a possible terrorist cell operating in Alabama...

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



The Good Demon $18.99
by Jimmy Cajoleas

New York, NY: Amulet Books (2018). First edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

True Detective meets The Exorcist in this gripping YA mystery debut about one girl’s exorcism—and her desperate quest to reunite with her demon. Clare has been miserable since her exorcism. The preacher that rid her of evil didn’t understand that her demon—simply known as Her—was like a sister to Clare. Now, Clare will do almost anything to get Her back. After a chance encounter with the son of the preacher who exorcised her, Clare goes on an adventure through the dark underbelly of her small Southern town...

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Ohio $27.00
by Stephen Markley

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

The debut of a major talent; a lyrical and emotional novel set in an archetypal small town in northeastern Ohio—a region ravaged by the Great Recession, an opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—depicting one feverish, fateful summer night in 2013 when four former classmates converge on their hometown, each with a mission, all haunted by the ghosts of their shared histories...

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Monday, September 10, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30



Drew Williams signs The Stars Now Unclaimed
Tor Books, 8/2018

First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Perfect for fans of Firefly and James S. A. Corey's Expanse series, The Stars Now Unclaimed is a fun, adventure-filled ride around a far-future galaxy from southern bookseller Drew Williams. Jane Kamali is an agent for the Justified. Her mission: to recruit children with miraculous gifts in the hope that they might prevent the Pulse from once again sending countless worlds back to the dark ages...

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Rush $26.99
by Lisa Patton

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Bestselling author Lisa Patton digs deep into exciting new territory with Rush, a story about mothers and daughters, sisterhood, tradition, and doing the right thing. When Lilith Whitmore, the well-heeled House Corp President of Alpha Delta Beta—the premiere sorority at Ole Miss—appoints recent empty-nester Wilda to the Rush Advisory Board, Wilda can hardly believe her luck. What’s more, Lilith suggests their daughters, both incoming freshman, room together! ...

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City $16.99
by Jodi Kendall

New York, NY: Harper (2017). Hardcover. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In this modern-day homage to Charlotte’s Web, a little pig in a big city leads to lots of trouble. Can eleven-year-old Josie Shilling save the day? Josie Shilling’s family is too big, their cramped city house is too small, and she feels like no one’s ever on her side. Then, on Thanksgiving Day, her older brother, Tom, brings home a pink, squirmy bundle wrapped in an old football jersey—a piglet he rescued from a nearby farm. Her name is Hamlet. ...

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Thursday, August 23, 2018
Signing 4:30 | Reading 5:30


Milly Mills Reporting Live $15.00
by Allie Ware

Jackson, MS: LifeStory Publishing (2018). Picture book. Signed.

Milly Mills Reporting Live is the first children’s book by well-known local TV morning anchor Allie Ware. Milly is a young girl who grows up dreaming of becoming a TV anchor. Facing many challenges, Milly perseveres and reaches her goal! Allie majored in journalism at the University of Mississippi and enjoys her role as a local morning anchor. Now she wants to help young people and parents alike through the medium of writing...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Mississippi's Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism Under Fire Shaped My Life $21.95
by Brenda Travis

Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books (2018). Paperback. Signed.

In 1961, 16-year-old Brenda Travis was a youth leader of the NAACP branch in her hometown of McComb, Mississippi. She joined in the early stages of voter registration, and when the Freedom Rides and direct action reached McComb, she and two SNCC workers sat-in at the local bus station. That led to her first arrest and jailing, which resulted in her being expelled and leading a protest walkout from her high school. Thrown in jail for a second time, she was eventually released on the condition that she leave the state...

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Friday, August 17, 2018
Signing 12:00


August Snow $15.95
by Stephen Mack Jones

New York, NY: Soho Crime (2018). Paperback. Signed.

From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-terrorism, race and urban decay. Tough, smart, and struggling to stay alive, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, August grew up in the city’s Mexicantown and joined the police force only to be drummed out by a conspiracy of corrupt cops and politicians. But August fought back...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


South Toward Home $25.99
by Julia Reed

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Julia Reed lived in the north for a while, but she grew up in the Mississippi Delta in a small town called Greenville. A few years ago, she returned to the South, where she now makes her home in New Orleans. In thinking about her native land, Julia quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, “It’s the juxtapositions that get you down here.” These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South and in her warmhearted and funny new book, South Toward Home, she chronicles her adventures...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Privacy's Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies $35.00
by Woodrow Hartzog

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (2018). Hardback. Signed.

Every day, Internet users interact with technologies designed to undermine their privacy. Social media apps, surveillance technologies, and the Internet of Things are all built in ways that make it hard to guard personal information. And the law says this is okay because it is up to users to protect themselves—even when the odds are deliberately stacked against them. In Privacy’s Blueprint, Woodrow Hartzog pushes back against this state of affairs, arguing that the law should require software and hardware makers to respect privacy...

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Monday, July 16, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


The High Climber of Dark Water Bay $11.99
by Caroline Arden

New York, NY: Turner (2018). Paperback. Signed.

Twelve-year-old Lizzie is in trouble. She used to live a comfortable life with her loving father, but after the stock market crash of 1929 and his sudden death, she and her family now live in poverty. Lizzie is expected to help support the family, but she can’t even cook without burning food. One day, a letter arrives. Her wealthy uncle has offered her a paying job as a summer governess for her two young cousins at a remote logging camp, so she travels alone into the wilderness of Vancouver, British Columbia...

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Saturday, July 14, 2018
Event 4:00


My Delicious Mississippi Life $39.95
by Deborah L. Hunter

Peace in the Storm Publishing (2018). Paperback. Signed.

Chef Deborah L. Hunter has brilliantly and deliciously created a one-of-a-kind culinary and literary experience. Her stories of her life in Mississippi will remind every reader of how history through stories and cooking not only warmed the kitchen but hearts of generations. Girls learned how to cook, and received wisdom that could only come from being in the kitchen with their mothers and grandmothers...

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Thursday, July 12, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe $16.99
by Jo Watson Hackl

New York, NY: Random House (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A Mississippi ghost town and an art mystery combine in this gorgeously written debut just right for fans of Three Times Lucky and A Snicker of Magic! How far would you go to find something that might not even exist? All her life, Cricket’s mama has told her stories about a secret room painted by a mysterious artist. Now Mama’s run off, and Cricket thinks the room might be the answer to getting her to come back. If it exists. And if she can find it...

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Lost Country $26.95
by William Gay

Sonny Brewer, a longtime friend of Gay's, will tour and sign. He wrote the foreword.

New York, NY: Dzanc Books (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Ten years after it was first announced, Dzanc is proud to deliver the lost novel from a master of the Southern Gothic—the work William Gay fans have anticipated for a decade. Billy Edgewater is a harbinger of doom. Estranged from his family, discharged from the Navy, and touched by a rising desperation, he sets out hitchhiking home to East Tennessee, where his father is slowly dying...

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Monday, July 2, 2018
Young Adult Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


Lifeline $20.50
by Abbey Lee Nash

North Point, FL: Tiny Fox Press (2018). Paperback. Signed.

Abbey Lee Nash debuts with a new voice along the lines of Jennifer Niven, Sharon M. Draper, and John Green, in Lifeline, a gorgeously written tale that plunges the reader into the life of popular high school senior Eli Ross who has everything...until an overdose at a party takes it all away. After nearly dying in the ER, Eli agrees to go to LakeShore Recovery Center, an inpatient substance abuse treatment program where he’ll spend the next 28 days...

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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Story Time at the Eudora Welty House | Signing & Reading 3:00


Finn's Feather $17.95
by Rachel Noble & Zoey Abbott

Jackson, MS: Enchanted Lion Books (2018). Hardback. Signed.

Finn knows his brother is gone. But he also knows that Hamish sent the beautiful white feather on his doorstep. Finn runs to show his mother the feather from Hamish, but she only gives him a big hug. In school, Finn’s teacher responds similarly. Why isn’t anyone as excited as he is? Finn sits quietly, cradling the beautiful, amazing feather. “Why did Hamish give it to you?” asks his friend, Lucas. “Maybe he wanted to say hi?” wonders Finn. “Maybe,” Lucas says, “Hamish wanted you to have fun with it”...

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Sweet & Low $25.00
by Nick White

New York, NY: Blue Rider Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Praised by the Washington Post as “Tennessee Williams...transposed to the twenty-first-century South,” Nick White returns with a stunning short-story collection that tackles issues of masculinity, identity, and place, with a sharp eye for social commentary and a singular handling of character. At first glance, the stories in Sweet & Low seem grounded in the everyday: they paint pictures of idyllic Southern landscapes, characters fulfilling their roles as students, wives, boyfriends, sons...

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Southernmost $26.95
by Silas House

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

When a flood washes away much of a small community along the Cumberland River in Tennessee, Asher Sharp, an evangelical preacher there, starts to see his life anew. He has already lost a brother due to his inability to embrace his brother’s coming out of the closet. Now, in the aftermath of the flood, he tries to offer shelter to two gay men, but he’s met with resistance by his wife. Furious about her prejudice, Asher delivers a sermon where he passionately defends the right of gay people to exist without condemnation...

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Saturday, June 16, 2018
Signing 4:00 | Reading 4:30


Treeborne $26.00
by Caleb Johnson

New York, NY: Picador (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In the tradition of Big Fish and Amanda Coplin's instant classic, The Orchardist, comes a debut novel of an unusual family who have made their home at the margins of an unusual place. Wedged between the bluffs and the river for which it's named, there’s a small and all-but-forgotten town. Janie Treeborne lives on an orchard at the edge of Elberta, Alabama, and in time, she has become its keeper. A place where conquistadors once walked, and where the peaches they left behind now grow...

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Thursday, June 14, 2018
Signing 12:00 | Reading 1:00


The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels $30.00
by Jon Meacham

New York, NY: Random House (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Presigned copies will be available for sale at the reading

With clarity and purpose, Meacham explores contentious periods and how presidents and citizens came together to defeat the forces of anger, intolerance, and extremism. Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt...

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke $29.95
by Andrew Lawler

New York, NY: Doubleday (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A sweeping account of America’s oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America today. In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina to establish the first English settlement in the New World. But when the new colony’s leader returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers had vanished, leaving behind only a single clue—a “secret token” etched into a tree...

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Monday, June 11, 2018
Young Adult Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


Standing Up $10.00
by Lauren Hill

Jackson, MS: The Well Writers Guild (2017). Paperback. Signed.

Sixteen-year-old Lauren Hill weaves plots that are moral puzzles. Each has twists, turns and satisfying endings. Teen readers will naturally “get” her stories. Parents will better understand the challenges youth face today. Don’t be fooled because of the author’s age! These stories are highly enjoyable, believable, and satisfying! ...

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Atticus Finch: Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon $27.00
by Joseph Crespino

New York, NY: Basic Books (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Who was the real Atticus Finch? The publication of Go Set a Watchman in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are we to understand this transformation? In Atticus Finch, historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books...

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Monday, June 4, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


A Past That Won't Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi $40.00
edited by Jane Hearn

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A Past That Won't Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi collects never-before-published photographs taken by Jim Lucas (1944-1980), an exceptional documentary photographer. His black and white images, taken during 1964 through 1968, depict events from the civil rights movement including the search for the missing civil rights workers in Neshoba County, the Meredith March Against Fear, Senator Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Mississippi Delta, and more...

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Saturday, June 2, 2018
Readings and Book Signings by Award Winners at 1:30

Congratulations to the 2018 Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Winners!
Visit the MIAL website for the full schedule of Awards Weekend events.











Fiction
Michael Knight, Knoxville, Tennessee
Eveningland

Nonfiction
John T. Edge, Oxford
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South

Photography
Jack Spencer, Nashville, Tennessee
This Land: An American Portrait

Poetry
Molly McCully Brown, North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
Visual Arts
Charlie Buckley, Tupelo
Charlie Buckley - Recent Paintings

Music Composition (Classical)
James Sclater, Clinton
No Fairer Isle on Which to Dwell

Music Composition (Contemporary)
Shannon McNally, Holly Springs
Black Irish

Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Ivy, FAIA
EVP/Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Architects
Washington, D.C.

Andrew Cary Young
President, Chief Designer, Marketing & Sales
Pearl River Glass Studio
Jackson, Mississippi
Special Achievement Award
The Mississippi Encyclopedia
Senior Editors: Ted Ownby and Charles Reagan Wilson
Associate Editors: Ann J. Abadie, Odie Lindsey, and James G. Thomas, Jr.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Published by the University Press of Mississippi/Jackson



Thursday, May 31, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Empire of Light $15.99
by Michael Bible

Brooklyn, NY: Melville House (2018). First Edition. Signed. Paperback.

After an adolescent prank leads to a stranger’s death, Alvis Maloney rambles westward. He lands in a small North Carolina town and falls in love—in love with his neighbor Molly, with a lonesome quarterback called Miles, with a whole community of enduring misfits and losers. But at the same time, another life takes shape in Maloney’s dreamlike visions: a horse named Forever, a princess with hypochondria, and an electric city that’s always just out of reach. As these two promises of home fight for their hold on Maloney, the story careens toward disaster...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Event 5:00


One Decision Can $19.95
by Dave Jesiolowski

Createspace (2018). Paperback. Signed.

The decisions you make and the actions you take affect the ultimate outcome of your life. Inside this book you'll discover:
  • Innovative new ways to make smarter decisions to experience life at a whole new level.
  • The #1 secret to go from stress to success.
  • How Dave went from broke to a six-figure income and from worst to first in the world in sales with no prospects...


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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community $16.95
by Renée Hodges

New York, NY: She Writes Press (2018). Paperback. Signed.

A raw, honest, deeply moving memoir about the difficulties of managing a successful recovery from opioids—the number one killer of American kids age 18–25—told from the perspective of the addict’s aunt, who took Bobby in and dedicated herself to helping him. Using a holistic and open approach, the shame and stigma associated with addiction was lessened – and ultimately, Bobby learned he had to save himself...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


A Shout in the Ruins $30.00
by Kevin Powers

New York, NY: Little, Brown (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of violence and exploitation in American society. Spanning over one hundred years, from the antebellum era to the 1980's, A Shout in the Ruins examines the fates of the inhabitants of Beauvais Plantation outside of Richmond, Virginia. When war arrives, the master of Beauvais, Anthony Levallios, foresees that dominion in a new America will be measured...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Cups Up: How I Organized a Klavern, Plotted a Coup, Survived Prison, Graduated College, Fought Polluters, and Started a Business $25.00
by George T. Malvaney

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A riveting story of perseverance and redemption that proves life is stranger than fiction. George T. Malvaney's life epitomizes the old maxim that "You cannot make this stuff up." Combine a young Klansman from Mississippi, an armed coup attempt in the Caribbean, a stay in prison, and a life-changing epiphany, and you have but half of this swashbuckling tale. Throw in the worst man-made ecological disaster in the history of the United States, and you have unleashed Malvaney's full life story...

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Signing 4:30 | Reading 5:30


The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships $24.00
by Suzanne Stabile

New York, NY: IVP Books (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

How do we understand the motivations and dynamics of the different personality types we see in our intimate partners, our friends, or in our professional lives? This book from Suzanne Stabile on the nine Enneagram types and how they experience relationships will guide readers into deeper insights about themselves, their types, and others’ personalities so that they can have loving, mature, and compassionate relationships. ...

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Saturday, May 5, 2018
10:00 a.m.


Elephant and Piggie's Story Time! FREE!

Mo Willems's beloved characters are visiting Lemuria!
Join Elephant and Piggie on the Second Floor of Banner Hall Saturday, May 5th, at 10 a.m. for stories, photos, and ice cream!
We will have a variety of Mo Willems's books for sale, including the Elephant and Piggie, Knufflebunny, and Pigeon series!

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Friday, May 4, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table $28.95
by Rick Bragg

New York, NY: Knopf (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin’, a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-four mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern dishes passed down through generations. Margaret Bragg does not own a single cookbook. She measures in “dabs” and “smidgens” and “tads” and “you know, hon, just some.” She cannot be pinned down on how long to bake corn bread (“about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the mysteries of your oven”)...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Southern Writers on Writing $28.00
edited by Susan Cushman
event with Susan Cushman, Jim Dees, and John Floyd

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In Southern Writers on Writing, Susan Cushman collects twenty-six writers from across the South whose work celebrates southern culture and shapes the landscape of contemporary southern literature. Contributors hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida...

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Delta Epiphany: Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi $28.00
by Ellen B. Meacham

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In April 1967, a year before his run for president, Senator Robert F. Kennedy knelt in a crumbling shack in Mississippi trying to coax a response from a listless child. The toddler sat picking at dried rice and beans spilled over the dirt floor as Kennedy, former US attorney general and brother to a president, touched the boy's distended stomach and stroked his face and hair. After several minutes with little response, the senator walked out the back door, wiping away tears...

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Thursday, April 26, 2018
Event at the Eudora Welty House
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Varina $27.99
by Charles Frazier

New York, NY: Ecco (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War. With her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a life of security as a Mississippi landowner. He instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Bluff $26.00
by Michael Kardos

New York, NY: Mysterious Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

From a writer who “dazzles with prose strength and style” (Michael Koryta), Bluff takes us deep inside the fraught and fascinating world of a modern magician who becomes obsessed with magic’s dark twin—the underworld of the card cheat. The magician’s job is to create a mystery—an unbridgeable gap between cause and effect. Michael Kardos brilliantly constructs his new novel Bluff. as a magician would, delivering a perfectly calibrated performance of intrigue and, ultimately, astonishment...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Dear Madam President $20.00
by Jennifer Palmieri

New York, NY: Grand Central (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Dear Madam President is an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field. By using lessons learned during her experiences with Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and Elizabeth Edwards--to name a few--Palmieri through each chapter creates a forward-thinking framework of inspirational and practical advice for all women everywhere--from boardrooms to living rooms--who...

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Monday, April 16, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen $30.00
by Eddie Hernandez and Susan Puckett

New York, NY: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2018). First Edition. Signed.

Southern fare with a Mexican flair, by the chef/co-owner of the restaurant empire that Bon Appétit called a “Top American Restaurant.” USA Today called Taqueria del Sol “a runaway success.” Bon Appétit wrote: “Move over, Chipotle!” The fast-casual food of Eddie Hernandez, the James Beard-nominated chef/co-owner of the restaurant, lands on the commonalities of Southern and Mexican food, with dishes like Memphis barbecue pork tacos, chicken pot pie served in a “bowl” of a puffed tortilla...

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Thursday, April 12, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Country Dark $24.00
by Chris Offutt

New York, NY: Grove Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Chris Offutt’s long-awaited return to fiction after nearly two decades, Country Dark is a fierce noir-inflected novel about a good man pushed by circumstance into crime. Chris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called “lean and brilliant” (New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He’s been awarded the Whiting Writers Award for Fiction/Nonfiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award...

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


George Herbert's Latin Verse
by Catherine Freis, Richard Freis, and Greg Miller


Paperback. $20.00 Signed.

Hardback. $40.00 signed.

This revelatory, new translation of the Latin poetry of the Renaissance poet and Anglican priest George Herbert “reveals a satiric and playful poet that may surprise readers” and “makes these works fully available to a broad readership” (James Doelman). 109 poems are included in this volume, with Latin and English on facing pages, along with copious commentary, notes, and appendices...

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Monday, April 9, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Line Becomes a River $26.00
by Francisco Cantú

New York, NY: Riverhead (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions crisscrossed by drug routes and smuggling corridors, where they learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find alive. Cantú tries not to think where the stories go from there...

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Saturday, April 7, 2018
Signing 2:00 - 4:00


Still Wrestling: Faith Renewed Through Brokenness $14.99
by Les Ferguson Jr.

Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press (2018). Paperback. Signed.

In the aftermath of a double murder, a destroyed family, and a shattered faith, Les gives hope to others wrestling with God through a dramatically different study of the Bible’s characters. Life happens to us all. When good turns to bad, the journey from bad back to good can seem impossible. In this candid book, Pastor Les Ferguson shares his true story of when he struggled to believe not that God existed but that he cared. The questions of faith and doubt shared in Still Wrestling show Les’s journey through tragedy to a deep, renewed faith...

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Monday, April 2, 2018
Middle Grade Event | Signing & Reading 5:00


A Sky Full of Stars $16.99
by Linda Williams Jackson

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2018). Hardcover. Signed.

With racial tensions rising, Rose Lee Carter must find her place in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement in this sequel to Midnight Without a Moon. After the murder of Emmett Till, thirteen-year-old Rose is struggling with her decision to stay in Mississippi. Torn between the opinions of Shorty, a boy who wants to meet violence with violence, and Hallelujah, her best friend who believes in the power of peaceful protests, Rose is scared of the mounting racial tension and is starting to lose hope...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage $28.95
by Brian Castner

New York, NY: Doubleday (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie’s route by canoe in a grueling journey—and discovered the Passage he could not find. Disappointment River is a dual historical narrative and travel memoir that at once transports readers back...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


P.I.G.G.Y. Plan-It $16.95
by Nancy Lottridge Anderson, Ryder Taff, and Susan F. McAdory

CreateSpace (2018). Paperback. Signed.

P.I.G.G.Y. Plan-It is a primer on personal finance. Authors Anderson, Taff and McAdory walk you through each topic, warning you of opportunities to seize and pitfalls to avoid. They present their expert advice in everyday language and stories, bringing you up to speed to get your financial house in order. Whether you need an introduction to or a refresher on the ins and outs of building credit, insurance coverage, retirement planning or other areas of your financial life, you'll find practical, straightforward advice...

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Monday, March 26, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown $28.00
by Robert Gordon

New York, NY: Bloomsbury (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Profiles and stories of Southern music from the acclaimed author of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion. The fabled city of Memphis has been essential to American music—home of the blues, birthplace of rock and roll, and a soul music capital. When Robert Gordon started covering Memphis music, the golden ages of his hometown had passed. But the links were there if you looked for them. Starting as a teenager, Gordon sought out old legends...

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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Fighter $26.00
by Michael Farris Smith

New York, NY: Little, Brown (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A blistering novel of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta. The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too. The decades of bare-knuckle fighting are now taking their toll...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Past Is Never $24.99
by Tiffany Quay Tyson

New York, NY: Skyhorse (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A compelling addition to contemporary Southern Gothic fiction, deftly weaving together local legends, magical realism, and the search for a missing child. Siblings Bert, Willet, and Pansy know better than to go swimming at the old rock quarry. According to their father, it's the Devil's place, a place that's been cursed and forgotten. But Mississippi Delta summer days are scorching hot and they can't resist cooling off in the dark, bottomless water. Until the day six-year-old Pansy vanishes...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Anatomy of a Miracle $27.00
by Jonathan Miles

New York, NY: Hogarth (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

The brilliant, provocative new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Want Not about a paralyzed young veteran’s sudden, mysterious recovery—a stunning exploration of faith, science, celebrity, and mystery. The last place Private First Class Cameron Harris ever walked was in a field in the Darah Khujz District of Zabul Province, in Afghanistan. For four years now, he’s lived with his older sister, Tanya, in their Biloxi, Mississippi, family home—a narrow, half-century-old shotgun-style house that wasn’t...

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Monday, March 19, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Panorama $27.00
by Steve Kistulentz

New York, NY: Little, Brown (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

A debut novel that spins towards a single moment, a plane crash on New Year's Day, and then away from it, as the families of the victims navigate intertwined paths in the wake of the tragedy. Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year's Day he is scheduled to appear on a prominent Sunday-morning talk show, but as he awaits the broadcast, the program is interrupted by news of a jet airline crash in Dallas killing everyone on board. Richard becomes aware...

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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Signing 3:00


Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty $35.00
by John B. Boles

New York, NY: Basic Books (2017). Hardcover. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970. Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker...

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Signing 5:00


The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal's $40.00
by Malcolm White
illustrated by Ginger Williams Cook

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

The Artful Evolution of Hal & Mal's is a collaboration between artist Ginger Williams Cook and author Malcolm White about the people, the place, and the history of Hal & Mal's, an iconic institution in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Featuring beautiful watercolor paintings, the book brings together thirty years of family history, live music performances, and cafe society through graphic designs of old photographs, original illustrations, Hal's legendary recipe cards, and the written word...

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Monday, March 12, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Gradle Bird $17.95
by J. C. Sasser

New York, NY: Koehler (2017). Paperback. Signed.

Sixteen-year-old Gradle Bird has lived her entire life with her Grandpa, Leonard, at a seedy motel and truck stop off Georgia's I-16. But when Leonard moves her to a crumbling old house rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Ms. Annalee Spivey, Gradle is plunged into a lush, magical world more dangerous than from the one she came...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


40 Days $24.95
by Joe Lee

Brandon, MS: Dogwood (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Photojournalist Duane Key is almost fifty when the first clue gets his attention: a text message refers to his upcoming milestone birthday as 40. Flattery will get you everywhere, he replies. Several days later, as he’s being bombarded with the number 35 (the price of a can of green beans, the morning temperature, a song on a radio countdown), he mentions the numerical coincidences to an old friend but finds them more curious than troublesome...

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Perennials $15.99
by Julie Cantrell

New York, NY: Thomas Nelson (2017). Paperback. Signed.

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Into the Free comes an unforgettable exploration of the complicated relationships between women and the constant battle we all fight against time itself. When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents' 50th anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother's perennial garden...

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Monday, February 26, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


An American Marriage $26.95
by Tayari Jones

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend...

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Saturday, February 24, 2018
Signing & Reading 4:00


Mr. Honeycut $15.99
by Lottie Brent Boggan

Returning to Mississippi, Merritt Bond, a psychologist, retrieves evidence of her childhood molestation and risks her life to unravel the secrets hidden deep inside her own broken psyche. Mr. Honeycut is a psychological thriller dedicated to all victims of sexual abuse, offering encouragement to face those demons to promote healing...

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Saturday, February 24, 2018
Signing 1:00


Hidden History of Jackson $21.99
by Josh Foreman and Ryan Starrett

New York, NY: History Press (2018)

The history of Jackson is filled with gripping tales of horrors and heroism. A recording company founded in the mid-1960s with the expectation of competing with New Orleans and Memphis was a national success, outlasting its better-funded rivals. Known as the “Devil's Backbone,” the Natchez Trace is the graveyard for countless travelers slain by the road's numerous serial killers, brigands and land pirates. Yet one mass grave stands above the others: the Boyd Mounds...

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Saturday, February 24, 2018
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.


Dr. Seuss's Super-Dee-Dooper Bus Tour FREE!




Oh the places you'll go! . . . when you come play on Dr. Seuss's Super-Dee-Dooper Bus on Saturday, February 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. outside of Banner Hall. An interactive exhibit with fun, games and stories, you'll want to take photos with The Cat and the Hat who is rolling into Jackson on the bus!

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Madison Park: A Place of Hope $24.99
by Eric L. Motley

New York, NY: Zondervan (2017). Hardcover. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Eric Motley writes this journey of overcoming, a richly colorful memoir of growing up in a small southern community to becoming the youngest member of the Bush Administration. Welcome to Madison Park, a place of self-determination, hope, and the American dream. And meet Eric Motley, raised in this remarkable Alabama community founded by freed slaves, a place that taught him everything he needed to know on his journey to becoming Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the Oval Office...

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Friday, February 16, 2018
Signing 5:00


Cooking with Spices $19.99
by Mark C. Stevens

New York, NY: Rockridge Press (2017). Paperback. Signed.

Send your taste buds around the world with easy-to-make rubs, blends, sauces, and pastes from Cooking with Spices. Knowing how to balance flavor and spice can transform a dish. But whether readers are looking to liven up what's already in the refrigerator or trying something new, figuring out just the right blend of spices to use can be intimidating. Cooking with Spices is a comprehensive reference cookbook that explains the regional origins of spices from...

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Friday, February 9, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Mississippi $34.95
poems by Ann Fisher-Wirth, photographs by Maude Schuyler Clay

TX: Wings Press (2018). First Edition. Signed.

This gorgeous large-format hardback (11 x 9.25 inches) features 47 poems and 47 color photographs that explore the history, culture, and ecology of the state of Mississippi. The epigraph for the book is taken from Theodore Roethke's "North American Sequence": "The imperishable quiet at the heart of form." This quietness to be found by contemplating the photographs of Maude Schuyler Clay was at the heart of Ann Fisher-Wirth's poetic process, which involved listening — listening to the voices that spoke their stories somehow in connection, however oblique, with the photographs. ...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


King Zeno $28.00
by Nathaniel Rich

New York, NY: MCD (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose. The lives of a traumatized cop, a conflicted Mafia matriarch, and a brilliant trumpeter converge—and the Crescent City gets the rich, dark, sweeping novel it so deserves. From one of the most inventive writers of his generation, King Zeno is a historical crime novel and a searching inquiry into man’s dreams of immortality...

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Monday, January 29, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


The Unmade World $18.00
by Steve Yarbrough

New York, NY: Unbridled (2018). First Edition. Signed. Paperback.

Set against a backdrop of the current political and cultural upheaval in the US and Eastern Europe, The Unmade World is a thoughtful, scope-y literary novel with a dose of suspense that moves from Poland to California to the Hudson Valley and back to Poland. It covers a decade in the lives of an American journalist and a Polish small businessman turned petty criminal and the wrenching aftermath of an accidental, tragic encounter...

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Thursday, January 25, 2018
Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30


Fire Sermon $24.00
by Jamie Quatro

New York, NY: Grove Press (2018). First Edition. Signed. As new in dust jacket.

Jamie Quatro's remarkable first book of stories I Want To Show You More published to spectacular reviews, announcing her arrival to American letters as "a writer of great originality" (New York Times Book Review). Now, with her debut novel, Fire Sermon, Quatro delivers a startlingly original portrait of an obsession and the complexities of a marriage. Married twenty years to Thomas and living in Nashville with their two children, Maggie is drawn ineluctably...

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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Signing 4:00


Planning from the Inside Out $37.95
by Rhonda Fetcko

New York, NY: Christian Faith Publishing (2017). Hardback. Signed.



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Saturday, January 13, 2018
Signing 1:00


Mississippi and the Great Depression $21.99
by Richelle Putnam

New York, NY: History Press (2017). Paperback. Signed.

When the Great Depression erupted, Mississippi had not yet recovered from the boll weevil or the Flood of 1927. Its land suffered from depleted forests and soil. Plus, the state had yet to confront the racial caste systems imprisoning poor whites, African Americans and other minorities. Nevertheless, innovative Mississippians managed to keep their businesses and services open. Meanwhile, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs fostered economic stimulation within the state...

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