The Memphis Area Authors’ Festival, celebrating over 10 Years of Local Authors, begins Saturday at 11AM in the main lobby of the Benjamin L. Hooks…
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Celebrate with Burke’s: Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 29th
Join Burke’s Books Saturday, April 29th for the 10th anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day. Burke’s will have exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items for sale, door…
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Wolf River: A Poem
This poem originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. Kelsey Lane Paterson is passionate about creativity, taking care of our…
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Book-Signing & Reading at Burke’s: Corey Mesler and his new novel Cock-a-Hoop
Poet, novelist and Burke’s Book Store owner, Corey Mesler, will be at Burke’s Book Store on Thursday, September 29th, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM to…
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I AM RUBY BRIDGES: Reading Festival This Saturday at the Civil Rights Museum
From the National Civil Rights Museum: For the fifth year, the museum is proud to partner with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges-Hall to present the…
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The Lamp
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Lamps do not have names – at least, most do not.…
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Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells She’s small, standing in her full skirt Between the music of Beale and the bells of the Baptist church. Ida B Wells,…
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Memphis Historical Fiction with a Historian’s Stamp of Approval
The most useful interpretations of the past make history relevant and accessible to wide audiences. When authors use well-researched facts about Memphis’s complex history as…
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Watch and Read the Winning Tom Lee Poetry Contest Works
Tom Lee Poetry Contest Winners On Friday, May 6, 2022, the Memphis River Parks Partnership recognized the winners of the inaugural Tom Lee Poetry and…
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New Novel Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Right to Decide Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez considers a terrible injustice fueled by prejudice and good intentions By Sara Beth West, originally published April 13,…
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