I love the This I Believe series. I remember being so proud when I found out that the project is based in Lousiville. Now we can all take advantage of that geographic fact by attending a This I Believe listening party at Carmichael’s one week from today. Join us for a special pre-Valentine’s Day event! [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2011
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The official title of this book is “4 months 40 states and you picked where?” though it really should be “4 months 40 states and of course you picked Louisville!” but I’m going to let that little oversight slide because I think this is such a cool project. In April 2008, Ed + Jennifer left [...]
Continue reading...15. November 2010
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I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a better children’s book title than Baxter, The Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher. The author of that book, Laurel Snyder, will be in town next Sunday November 21 as part of the Jewish Festival of the Book. She’ll be speaking at 10AM at The Temple. The event [...]
Continue reading...27. September 2010
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As I’ve mentioned, I grew up on a farm. My uncles raised dairy cattle and my father raised beef cattle. None of those farms resembled, in any way, the huge cattle operations and feed lots I read about in The Omnivore’s Dilemma. From farm subsidies to the realities of cattle raised in feed lots, it [...]
Continue reading...16. September 2010
Louisville author James Markert has a new book coming out. Called The Requiem Rose: A Waverly Hills Story Markert’s editor in New York described it as : “Amadeus meets Shawshank Redemption.” The author described it thusly: a doctor at the sanatorium with a passion for classical music uses music therapy to help heal the TB [...]
Continue reading...23. August 2010
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Friends the annual Locust Grove used book sale is this weekend. I think we should all check it out. Why? Because dude, $2 hardbacks? It doesn’t get much better than that. Our famous used book sale returns – with all donated books on all subjects, from history to fiction, children’s to mystery, antiquarian books, art, [...]
Continue reading...13. August 2010
A new shop that specializes in “used books, music, and videos” is coming to the Highlands. Called Second Story Books they’ll be bringing a little bit of literary awesomeness to Highland Avenue. According to their Facebook page their grand opening is Saturday August 28, 2010 3PM-6PM. Second Story Books 2004 Highland Avenue Louisville, KY
Continue reading...4. August 2010
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Will you think less of me if I tell you that I really enjoy the book Eat, Pray, Love? When it was first released and uber-popular I hesitated reading it because, well it was uber-popular and I had some pretentious, absurd notion that really popular and good were mutually exclusive. I read it when it [...]
Continue reading...14. June 2010
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I got a really nice email from local YA author Jessica Leader telling me about the launch party for her new book “Nice and Mean.” Reading, signing, prizes and cakes will all be featured on Friday, June 25th, from 7-9 PM at the Borders on 2520 Hurstbourne Lane. The book, about two girls, one nice, [...]
Continue reading...19. May 2010
Local writer Erin Keane will be reading from her new book tomorrow night at Carmichael’s on Frankfort Avenue. Consuming Louisville loves Erin and also loves poems that include lion tamers and fortune tellers. Death-Defying Acts, a collection of persona poems, tells the story of one summer on the road with a small-time circus, weaving together [...]
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3. February 2011
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