EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was exceptionally popular with our readers. We’re resharing it with you now. Thank you for a wonderful 2024! The Decatur Book Festival went quiet for a year. With Stacey Abrams headlining children’s events, the Festival has come roaring back. :: The major difference between the original 2002 publication of the…
In many ways, Run the Jewels, the hip-hop duo made up of Atlanta native Michael “Killer Mike” Render and Brooklynite Jaime “El-P” Meline, is emblematic of the last half-century of rap music. Their story is the story of the music industry, reflecting and directly informed by the events of the past 10 years in a…
Last month, 13 additional books were added to the list of books banned throughout the Cobb County School District. This brings the total to 20. :: EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re looking back on 2024 with reprints of some of the best stories of the year. “Cobb County school book bans are leaving teachers worried,” by Rachel…
Seinfeld’s Michael Richards will appear at the Book Festival of the MJCCA in Atlanta to discuss his new memoir. What does the book say about the star who’s been out of the public eye since the racist rant that ended his career? :: Actor Michael Richards is best known for two things: his role as…
Superintendent Chris Ragsdale has ordered the removal of dozens of books from the Cobb Country School District. But many in the community claim he has no authority to do so. :: On September 19, just in time for Banned Books Week and for the second time since the 2024–2025 school year began, Cobb County School…
Last month, 13 additional books were added to the list of books banned throughout the Cobb County School District. This brings the total to 20. :: On August 15, Cobb County Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced 13 new book bans, bringing the district-wide total to 20 titles. Among the new bans are Sapphire’s novel Push; George…
Writer Joyce Carol Oates is known for two things: being wildly prolific and stirring the pot on X. Now Atlantans will also know her as the keynote speaker at the 2024 Decatur Book Festival. :: Writer and X (formerly Twitter) provocateur Joyce Carol Oates will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Decatur Book Festival…
MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project is one of the crown jewels of achievement among Atlanta artists. Here’s how Apsara DiQuinzio made this year’s selections. :: The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia announced the three recipients of its 2024-2025 Working Artist Project (WAP) fellowship last month. Guest curator Apsara DiQuinzio, senior curator of contemporary art…
The Decatur Book Festival took a pause in 2023, a victim of its own success. Now it’s back, smaller but perhaps better than ever. The Decatur Book Festival, which by 2019 routinely drew 60,000 to 80,000 visitors to its annual events, paused its programming in 2023, not because it wasn’t successful enough but because…
The Decatur Book Festival went quiet for a year. With Stacey Abrams headlining children’s events, the Festival has come roaring back. :: The major difference between the original 2002 publication of the thriller-romance novel, The Art of Desire, and its re-issue last September is how the author is named. In 2002, the world knew only…
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