As a novelist, Leesa Cross-Smith skillfully renders stark contrasts in the physical world that reflect the interiority of her protagonists. Such is the case wit...
Julia Franks is the founder of loosecanon.com, a Goodreads-style social media site for schools. Her debut novel, Over the Plain Houses, was named an NPR best bo...
The 1970s were a golden era for writers in Atlanta. They knocked back martinis at Emile’s and held merry salons at The Old New York Book Shop. Everybody was tal...
Daren Wang is the author of the novel The Hidden Light of Northern Fires, the founder and former executive director of the Decatur Book Festival and now the exe...
During a brief reprieve from a nationwide book tour, Atlanta poet Jericho Brown spoke to ARTS ATL about The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 110 pages), his rece...
Lieutenant Elliot Ackerman was halfway through Operation Phantom Fury in the Second Battle of Fallujah (November 7–December 23, 2004) -- a battle in which 95 Am...
Each Friday, we’ll round up our top literary picks for the week ahead – from author events and book signings to spoken word open mics, story times for your litt...
Film sets are an otherworldly space, particularly big-budget Hollywood productions. A small army of people work toward the common goal of getting the movie on t...
Each Friday, we’ll round up our top literary picks for the week ahead – from upcoming readings and book signings, to spoken word open mics, story times for your...
Lana Rigsby has been a designer since birth. Her artist mother taught her to draw long before Lana knew she wanted to communicate visually. Years passed before ...
