October 23, 2012 - 4:35pm
David Bell will read and sign his new novel, "The Hiding Place", this Saturday at the Frankfort location of Carmichaels.
Following the success of his mystery novel “Cemetery Girl,” David Bell is celebrating the release of his new novel, “The Hiding Place,” another story about disappearance. This time around, however, the matter seems closed – twenty-five years after the disappearance and...
October 22, 2012 - 11:00am
The voice behind more than 20 books, Mexican author Alberto Ruy-Sanchez will speak on Arabian influences in Mexican culture this Wednesday, October 24th, at the University of Louisville at 4:30pm.
I have been sitting here slowly simmering a raw “culture is a melting pot” metaphor for a good 20 minutes. My foot is jiggling against the chair; hot ginger tea makes my tongue tingle. I am aware of these things very acutely at the moment as my brain pumps tactile...
October 19, 2012 - 5:07pm
Art is subjective, yes, but some eyes see better than others. Join writer and social critic, Camille Paglia, at the Louisville Free Public Library’s Main branch this Monday, October 22nd, as she discusses themes in Western art with her new book ‘Glittering Images’.
I do not consider myself an artist. I find that I sound incredibly silly when I’ve introduced myself as such in the past. People can see the lie spreading across my face as the words tumble out of my mouth and puddle on the floor in confusion between us. It’s just not...
October 19, 2012 - 12:42pm
Re-telling the haunting true story of her great-grandfather’s life in slavery, author Judith C. Owens-Lalude brings her novel, ‘The Long Walk: From Slavery to Freedom’, to Carmichael’s Bookstore this Sunday, October 21st at 4pm.
I have a collection of pipes that sits in my kitchen windowsill. There are six of them there, balanced on their smooth, wooden noses in a stand; another three perched for display on bookshelves. I like these pipes very much. The curve fits so neatly against the fingers, swaddled...
October 19, 2012 - 11:23am
You may think donuts pair best with coffee, but I would challenge you to think even sweeter. Join poets Lynnell Edwards and Sean Patrick Hill for a deliciously free reading at Java Brewing Company tonight at 7:30pm.
It is scarf weather. It has been for a hot minute. This is, perhaps, old news to my savvy readers, but I feel such a moniker of Fall needs to be properly anointed; there is a difference between merely “chilly” and true “scarf weather”. I like the concept of...
