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Greetings!
This week we have Nicholas Dawidoff,
Tony Horwitz, Robert St. John, and David Freeman. These
award-winning authors are sure to deliver lively readings of their exquisitely
rendered tales of baseball, discovery, grilling, and childhood adventure. Summer's almost here! Join us as we kick back in literary style.
Special event: Last Day of School Rap Mixmaster Party with local rapper Stork. On Thursday, May 22nd kids of all ages are invited o celebrate at Off Square Books. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m.
Hey,
y'all, not to brag or anything...but we're in the news!
Richard
Howorth, founder and owner of Square Books, former ABA president and current
Oxford mayor, received the Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the
Literary Community at the Authors Guild Dinner on May 5th. Authors Guild executive
director Paul Aiken wrote to Bookselling
This Week, "Richard Howorth, through Square Books, has
developed a lively literary community that serves readers and authors well. Richard
founded and operates the kind of spirited, independent bookstore that all
authors wish they had in their hometowns. We're delighted to honor him."
An
article in April's National Geographic
Traveler (pg. 108) highlights Oxford, Square Books, and the many pleasures
of Thacker Mountain Radio.
And
Barbara Corcoran's new book Nextville,
which features great places to live and retire, speaks highly of Oxford.
Corcoran writes, "If you have a passion for writing or even just reading, you'll
feel right at home in a town that loves books, bookstores, writers' conferences,
and anything to do with words." (pg. 106-107)
We have signed copies of HOME by Julia
Andrews, BRIGHT SHINY MORNING by James
Frey, and THE PLAGUE OF DOVES by Louise Erdrich.
Our Dear Reader newsletter and the current calendar are available at www.squarebooks.com. |
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EVENTS
Monday, May
19,
signing/reception @ 5 p.m.,
reading @ 5:30
p.m.
Nicholas Dawidoff
THE CROWD SOUNDS HAPPY
(Pantheon, hd. 24.95)
This beautiful memoir is about its subtitle: A Story of
Love, Madness, and Baseball. The love has to do with Dawidoff's family,
especially his courageous mother; the madness with his growing awareness that
his father is different, and difficult, a knowledge that converges with the
trajectory of his father's growing
mental illness; and baseball has to do with a boy's love for the game and the
refuge it provides from all else. The Crowd Sounds Happy is compelling, informative, and embroidered with glittering detail.TM BUY NOW!
Wednesday,
May 21,
signing/reception @ 5 p.m.,
reading @ 5:30
p.m.
Tony Horwitz
A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
(Henry Holt, hd. 27.50)
Horwitz,
a major debunkermeister and chronicler of contemporary weirdness from way back (Confederates in the Attic, Blue Latitudes) has written a
very funny and thoroughly researched book that sets quite a few records
straight about the truth behind our sacred American history. Horwitz follows
all the expeditions, revisits all the sites, and finds most of them to be bogus
tourist traps that have more to do with making a buck than with education or
celebrating discovery. LH BUY NOW!
 Friday, May 23,
signing/reception @ 5 p.m.,
reading @ 5:30
p.m.
Robert St. John
NEW SOUTH GRILLING
(Hyperion, hd. 29.95)
When
it comes to outdoor grilling I have lots in common with the postal service ─ neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of night will
stop me from lighting the coals when the time is right. So, this new cookbook,
with recipes accompanied by lush, full-color photos, has me giddy about
spending summer evenings beside by old trusty grill. Filled with marvelous new
ideas and different spins on old favorites, New South Grilling
promises good times and even better food ahead. (And, honestly, the recipe for
a nonstick marinade for seafood is worth the price alone.) SL BUY NOW!
Saturday,
May 24,
signing/reception @ 5 p.m.,
reading @ 5:30
p.m.
David
Freeman
OXPATCH AND THE HILL
(Nissi, pb. 20.00)
Oxpatch and the Hill
showcases a period in Oxford's history when its small town atmosphere
prevailed. Freeman's stories are based on his personal experiences growing up
in Oxford and nearby College Hill during the 1950s and 1960s--a time when
adults didn't have to constantly be watching and a place where you didn't have
to be buckled in and wearing protective head gear. Seen through the eyes of a child,
a teenager, and a young man, Oxford is a place filled with fond memories,
family closeness, enduring friendships, and endless adventure. BUY NOW!
* Only books purchased at Square Books may be signed.
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SCANNING THE FRONT TABLES
A WOLF AT THE TABLE
by Augusten Burroughs
(St.
Martin's, hd. 24.95)
In a memoir that is in many ways a prequel to the bestselling
Running
with Scissors,
Augusten Burroughs turns his attention to his early childhood, focusing on a
strained and tumultuous relationship between father and son. What emerges is a
serious tale of love and hate, of a son's longing for unconditional love from a
man who is ultimately incapable. Burroughs desperately craves connection,
someone to understand the most private workings of his mind; the reader becomes
his soul mate.MM BUY NOW!
THE HOST
by Stephanie Meyer
(Little, Brown, hd. 25.99)
The
author of the Twilight series delivers a brilliant first novel for
adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of
humanity at stake. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the
minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of
humanity has succumbed. Meyer's mature and imaginative thriller takes
paranormal romance into alien territory. BUY NOW!
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT
by Sue Halpern
(Harmony, hd. 24.00)
An
essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory
research. Halpern spent years in the company of neuroscientists,
pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors to find out what
the experts really knew, what scientists were working on, how close science is
to a cure for memory loss, and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles,
sudokus, and ballroom dancing we've been told to take up really can help keep
us lucid. Beautifully written, sharply observed, and deeply informed, thisbook is a solid dose of
hope. BUY NOW!
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BOOK SENSE PICK
THE LEGEND OF COLTON H.
BRYANT
by Alexandra Fuller
(Penguin,
hd. 23.95)
The
Legend of Colton H. Bryant is the heartbreaking true story of a quirky and
lovable modern-day cowboy. Fueled by Mountain Dew and chew, excited by revving
engines, always longing for the physicality of the great outdoors, and grounded
by love and faith in the endlessness of windblown big sky country, Colton comes
of age in a land where men live fast and die young. His story becomes a truly
American one of the "wild west," of our belief in manifest destiny, and of
ruthless exploitation in the pursuit of cheap fuel. MM BUY NOW!
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OPENING LINES
"The story of America's discovery by Europeans begins with
a fugitive. Eirik the Red fled his native Norway,
the sagas say, 'because of
some killings.'" - from A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE by Tony Horwitz
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