CALS Blogs

Six Bridges Book Festival: Dan Piepenbring

The Mystery Remains: Co-Writing Prince’s Memoir in His Last Days

As one of the most influential musicians of our time, Prince spread the funky gospel of love in all its forms.


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What Are You Reading? Frieda Patton

I am currently President of Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas.  I retired from the State of Arkansas after 38 years.  The first 11 years, I worked at Arkansas Rehabilitation Services assisting the handicapped to obtain training. 


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Guy Choate’s Debut Book Launches with Art Exhibition by Evan Hallmark

Guy Choate is known by a band of enthusiastic followers for his candid, funny nonfiction that he reads at monthly installments of the Argenta Reading Series. This Friday, Choate will celebrate his debut book launch at the Bookstore at Library Square with an exhibition of the book’s artwork by Evan Hallmark and a book signing.


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Six Bridges Book Festival: William C. Davis

Adept Storytelling Shows Why Battle of New Orleans Still Matters for Today’s America

William C. Davis believes in the power of a well-told tale, especially when writing history. 


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What Are You Reading? Dr. Victoria Ramirez

My name is Victoria Ramirez and I am the Executive Director of the Arkansas Arts Center.  I moved to Little Rock from Texas where I worked in several museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts,


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Six Bridges Book Festival: R. Eric Thomas

Laugh-Out-Loud Humor Has Deep Spiritual Center in Memoir of Growing Up Gay, Black, and Christian

If you know R. Eric Thomas from his work as a daily humor columnist for ELLE Magazine online,


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Staff Pick: Nathan James

Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park When You’re 29 and Unemployed  by Aneurin Wright

Most folks think of superheroes and fantastic tales when they think of graphic novels,


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