September 22 through 29, book lovers buzzed around downtown Little Rock, meeting authors, hearing behind-the-scenes stories, and scooping up copies of books; during all this, there were many moments of connection, learning, and joy. Over 8 days, CALS hosted 35 free public programs (most of them at CALS locations); welcomed 5,600+ audience members and students;
September has the most letters out of all the months, and it just happens to have the most events out of the year. Coincidence? Ok, yeah, it probably is. Regardless, September is packed with month-long, week-long, and some day-long events. Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month, check out all the fab fun of Six Bridges Book Festival,
Answers provided by translator, Paloma Landry
Tell us briefly about your book.
Our mind is the principal factor determining our experience, yet many people do not know what the mind is or how to use it to benefit themselves or others. This book is about the potential,
Tell us briefly about your book.
My latest is a collection of one hundred very short ghost stories called The Ghost Variations. It was published, after many delays, at the height of the pandemic.
What motivated you to write it?
Tell us briefly about your book.
A Lush and Seething Hell is a duology of short novels. It was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Awards, and it’s an exploration of art and to a certain extent the sort of madness that trauma can bring to artistic pursuits.
Tell us briefly about your book.
What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel is a graphic nonfiction book that explores the stories surrounding the Crescent Hotel’s strange and tragic two years as the Baker Hospital, a Depression-era cancer hospital. The 240-page, fully painted graphic narrative blends oral histories, newspaper articles,
Tell us briefly about your book.
My book is nonfiction and chronicles the 59-year journey of America’s foremost Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson. It takes the reader from her childhood home of New Orleans’s “N***** Town” to Chicago, Illinois—the city that became home to hundreds of thousands of African Americans who joined the Great Migration from the South in search of a better life.
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