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Greetings!
Everybody is
a wee bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day. Tuesday, March 18th, 6:00
p.m., Square Books, Jr. will host its annual TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT
-- Refreshments, Door Prizes, Giveaways, 20% Discount. We hope all area
teachers and education professionals will join us for this special event.
Easter Day is the first Sunday after
the Paschal full moon, the first full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21st.
Sunday, March 23rd is Easter Sunday 2008. Along with the dyed eggs
and candy, look below for some Easter basket ideas from Square Books, Jr.
Two of the authors coming for signings
this week have received a lot of attention in the recent press. Hillary
Jordan's debut novel, MUDBOUND, received the Bellwether Prize for fiction, an
award founded by author Barbara Kingsolver to promote literature of social
responsibility. An NPR Morning Edition interview with Hillary Jordan can be
found at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88195380.
Richard Price is the author of THE
WANDERERS, FREEDOMLAND, and CLOCKERS and screenplays for The Color of Money,
Sea of Love, Ransom, Shaft, and episodes of HBO's The
Wire. He will be here to sign his new book, LUSH LIFE, which Dennis Lehane
calls Price's masterwork. Richard Price gave a great interview on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87893862.
The
March/April 2008 Dear Reader is in the mail, available at our three
stores, and will be on-line later this week at www.squarebooks.com.
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EVENTS
Today, MONDAY, MARCH 17,
signing/reception at 5PM,
reading at 5:30PM.
MUDBOUND
by Hillary Jordan
(Algonquin, hd. 21.95)
A story of racism and well-kept secrets. Set on
a desolate farm in the Mississippi Delta at the end of World War II, the novel
explores the complex relations between two families: the owners of the land,
and the sharecroppers who live and work on it. BUY NOW!
TUESDAY, MARCH 18 signing/reception at 5PM, reading at 5:30PM. LUSH LIFEby Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hd. 26.00)
Eric Cash is falling further and further behind
in his plans to become anything but what he is ─ the oldest employee at Café
Berkmann. So if new bartender Ike Marcus pisses him off, who can blame him?
When Ike is shot to death after barhopping with friends, the police focus on
Eric, who claims muggers accosted the group. As the novel hurtles toward its
climax, Price peels back the layers of his characters and the neighborhood
until all is laid bare. BUY NOW!
TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 6PM, Square Books, Jr. TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 signing/reception at 5PM,
reading at 5:30PM.
IDA: A Sword Among Lions
by Paula J. Giddings (Amistad, hd. 35.00)
A definitive biography of Holly Springs-born Ida
B. Wells and her leadership in the campaign against lynching. With meticulous
research and vivid rendering of her subject, Dr. Giddings, Professor in
Afro-American Studies at Smith College, provides compelling portraits of
twentieth-century progressives, black and white, with whom Wells worked during
some of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Giddings gives this
visionary reformer her due and, in the process, sheds light on an aspect of our
history that is often left in the shadows. BUY NOW! 
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 5:30PM THACKER MOUNTAIN RADIO
POOR MAN'S PROVENCE
by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
(NewSouth, hd. 23.95)
For over a decade, syndicated columnist Johnson
has spent several months a year in southwest Louisiana, right on the edge of
the Atchafalaya Swamp. She fell in love with the place, bought a second home,
and set in planting azaleas and deep roots. Through lively characters and
stories, Poor Man's Provence helps define what is truly Cajun. BUY NOW!
AND
David Galef
MAN OF IDEAS & OTHER STORIES
(Noemi Press, pb. 7.00)
With musical guests The
Masker Washer Board Band and Carl Massengale and The Yalobushwhackers.The
TMR website is www.thackermountain.com
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SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER FROM SQUARE BOOKS, JR
Our
children's store has bouncy egg balls, wind-up ducks, adorable tote bags, bunny
ears, puppets, and bunnies in every shape and form. Plus, here are some book
suggestions from Leita Patton of Jr.:
OWEN'S
MARSHMALLOW CHICK
by Kevin
Henkes (Greenwillow, brd. 6.99)
MY FIRST
EASTER
or MY
FIRST PASSOVER
by Tomie de Paola
(Grosset & Dunlap, brd. 5.99)
SEVEN LITTLE
RABBITS
by John
Becker; illustrated by Barbara Cooney
(Walker
& Company, hd. 7.95)
JUNIE B.,
FIRST GRADER
DUMB BUNNY
by Barbara
Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
(Random
House, hd. 11.99)
THE GOLDEN
EGG BOOK
by Margaret
Wise Brown; illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
(A
Big Little Golden Book, hd. 8.99) |
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BOOK SENSE PICK
 AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
(Holt, hd. 24.00)
"Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and
investigator, travels to the Kent countryside to evaluate the village and a
potential investment for a client. Although cordial, it is obvious the
villagers have something to hide. An intriguing tale with one of today's most
engaging characters."
-- Mary Jane Weber, The Town Book Store, Westfield, NJ. BUY NOW!
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"The Quality of Life Task Force: four
sweatshirts in a bogus taxi set up on the corner of Clinton Street alongside
the Williamsburg Bridge off-ramp to profile the incoming salmon run; their
mantra: Dope, guns, overtime; their motto: Everyone's got something to lose."
--
From LUSH LIFE by Richard Price
"On Easter morning, Owen's basket was
full.
In it were jelly beans
and gumdrops
and buttercream eggs
and a big chocolate bunny
and a little marshmallow chick.
-- From OWEN'S MARSHMALLOW CHICK by
Kevin Henkes |
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