February 8, 2013 - 12:48pm
You won’t need hiking boots in the suburbs, but an adventurous spirit doesn’t hurt. Join Sean Patrick Hill at The Summit area Barnes & Noble for a signing of his book, ‘Hiking Kentucky’s Red River Gorge’ tomorrow, February 9th, at noon.
I want to talk about front porches. Not back porches. Those are different. Those are an entirely other kind of animal. Front porches. Front porches have rocking chairs or bench swings. And when you sit down your eyes get thick and milky and your head lolls back...
February 7, 2013 - 1:15pm
Days are longer, horizons further and the University of Louisville English department starts it spring Axton Reading Series tonight, Thursday, February 7th, with author Hannah Tinti at 7:30pm.
If you happen to be awake when the dawn breaks, the sky looks like it is breathing. You are motionless, perhaps, in bed. On your back is best. And your stillness is vertigo and hallucination to your eyes because the sky is alive and moving in its dome without restraint, turning in...
February 1, 2013 - 2:36pm
We may be frozen in body but not in soul. Heat up your inner hearths tonight at Carmichael’s Bookstore as author Alison Atlee brings the historical story, ‘The Typewriter Girl’, to readers at 7pm.
I would sit in the corner with an atlas by myself. If you were to pose me the question: “what kind of childhood games did you play?” – there, my dears, is the answer. It was the biggest atlas you’ve ever seen. Bright electric blue cover to cover, like the...
January 31, 2013 - 11:51am
Recently featured on the front page of the New York Times book review, Fred Kaplan will bring his new book, ‘The Insurgents’, to the Louisville Library tonight, January 31st, at 7pm.
I like my walls. I like putting holes in them with bits of metal. I like making the loud noise with the hammer – like cannon fire. I like putting pretty things on the bits of metal and feeling like other humans can know me just by glancing at a jumble of paper and plaster in...
January 29, 2013 - 5:48pm
Fresh starts don’t always come with confetti, but television host Leeza Gibbons has some thoughts on making happiness flourish whenever life resets. Join her at the Summit area Barnes & Noble tomorrow, Wednesday, January 30th, at 7pm.
Today when I woke up and looked out the window, I knew the world was changed. I am still on the same planet and no manner of country, creed or address has altered itself. I weigh more or less the same. I am still recognizable. If you knew me before today – this day...
