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In Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells As Prophet for Our Time, authors Catherine Meeks, PhD, and Nibs Stroupe create a guide for the current state of affairs in American culture that is enlivened by the historical perspective of Wells’ search for justice. Meeks is the retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies at Wesleyan College and the Director of the Absalom...

Join the Center for the Book and Georgia authors Mary Kay Andrews, Joshilyn Jackson, and Susan Rebecca White, to celebrate the publication and national tour of Lynn Cullen’s The Sisters of Summit Avenue. It’s sure to be a fun-filled evening of conversation, readings, and laughs. Doors open at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and...

Please join us for the Book As Art 7.0: Wonders - Closing Reception and White Glove Night. We’re putting away the “do not touch” signs. Volunteers will provide viewers with white gloves allowing first-hand exploration of the books. The exhibit is in the Periodicals Room of the Decatur Library.

Deborah Wiles is a Southerner born in Mobile, Alabama, who grew up around the world in an Air Force family. Her parents were from Mississippi, and Mississippi became her homeplace. She is the author of the beloved Love, Ruby Lavender and Each Little Bird That Sings, a 2005 National Book Award finalist. A pioneer of the documentary novel, her trilogy about the 1960s, includes...

Poets Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach and Tina Mozelle Braziel, and novelist James Braziel, will read from their latest work. Doors open at 6:30. Event is free and open to the public. Books will be available to purchase and have signed.