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Kids & Companions Books for 2027

Our titles this year are other Kids-and-Companions approved!   January 2027: The Eyes and the Impossible by...

Reading isn’t Something to Fall In Love With

  Mary Beard is a hoot. She was also Chair of the Booker Prize 2026...
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Sometimes You Need to go Nowhere

Life is so big, and beautiful, and glorious, and there's so much to do in it (and...
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The Latest in Crafting: Found Poetry Collages

I've been collaging (and decoupaging) for not quite as long as I've been a writer,...
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Your Brain, AI, and Reading Books (Thanks, Juliette Han, PhD!)

Before you go any further, I have to make it super clear that this blog...
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Thanks, Joe Davich!

Last week in Creative Loafing my good pal Joe Davich (who is also Literary Know-All of Georgia–at Georgia...
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Summer Events!!!

Summer is usually a great time for me to teach at various writing workshops, and...
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Party Like it’s DBF!!

The AJC Decatur Book Festival is coming next weekend, and the lineup this year is...
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All Hail Little Shop of Stories for the best Author Party Ever! #10YearsLater

As I celebrate ten years of PURE being out in the world, I absolutely must...
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Ten Years (and More) of Thanking Little Shop of Stories!

Anyone who knows me knows my long-time love affair with the amazing independent bookstore in...
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Ten Years of PURE: Celebrating Editrix Anica Mrose Rissi

April 2019 marks ten years since Pure was published, and I’m spending the whole month...
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Books Are Ammo for Your Brain

Humans invented storytelling to explain things to others that they hadn’t experienced themselves. It’s a...