March 8, 2013 - 1:45pm
This ain’t no travel brochure for the Bluegrass, son. Bestseller, Frank Bill, will bring his raw new novel, ‘Donnybrook’, to Carmichael’s Bookstore tonight, March 8th, at 7pm for a special reading and signing.
It was a mud tattoo, and over the course of the night it transformed – blending like a sunset – from dark blood colors into a spray of light caramel on my legs. Drying. Flecks on the skin like individual feathers along my calves. I didn’t bother to clean it off....
March 1, 2013 - 4:28pm
With his new book, ‘Burning the Middle Ground’, local writer and UofL professor L. Anderson Cooper will come to Carmichael’s Bookstore for a special reading and signing tonight, Friday, March 1st, at 7pm.
There are two dark spots on my chest. Right below my clavicles. Little dots the color of wine. “Wine” is a graceful way to describe this. “Plum” sounds succulent. “Eggplant” is a little quirky. But these are holes in my chest,...
February 20, 2013 - 1:44pm
A Louisvillian and witness to the devastating 2010 earthquake, award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz relays the aftermath in his new book, The Big Truck That Went By. Join him tomorrow, Thursday, February 21st for a special reading and signing at Carmichael’s.
My brain had a string around my neck. Like a choker chain. And when that moment came – I was asleep, you see – it pulled hard. Harder. Hardest. And my eyes snapped open. Trigger pulled. Flick up the shades; pupils wide in the dark. I...
February 14, 2013 - 1:49pm
Aspiring poets pursuing the timeless art of stanza craft at Spalding’s MFA program will join the fine folks at A Reader’s Corner Bookstore this Saturday, February 16th, at 4pm for a special reading of their work.
Valentine is Henry Miller’s middle name.Last week I told you I would revisit this. Last week I told the entire spindling World Wide Web that I would make something of this perfect and most fortuitous of monikers on this most saccharine of sainted holidays. I love Henry Miller....
February 13, 2013 - 1:57pm
A Louisville native, writer Sarah Garland brings her new book, ‘Divided We Fail’, to Carmichael’s Bookstore for a special reading and signing that faces the end of desegregation. Join her Friday, February 15th, at 7pm.
I’ve been collecting things that belonged to my blood. At first passively – sure, Papa, I will take my great-grandfather’s collection of pipes if you don’t want them. No, Papa, don’t toss Meemaw’s kettle – I’ll find a place for it. ...
