THE BOOK LIVES ON ART SHOW
Posted March 7th, 2012Square Books wants you to know that on April 11 the Lafayette County
Oxford Library will sponsor The Book Lives On Art Show, with an auction
of handmade books created by University of Mississippi students. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Friends of the Library, a
group that helps make many things happen at our library. For more
information go to: http://www.frloxford.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-lives-on-art-show.html
2012 BOOK CONFERENCE FEATURE
Posted March 6th, 2012
At the 2011 Oxford Conference for the Book we had the great
pleasure of introducing to our readers debut novelist Tea Obreht. THE TIGER’S WIFE became a NYT
bestseller and had praise heaped upon it from critics and writers: “…the most
thrilling literary discovery in years.” –Colum McCann, “…towering new talent.”
–T.C. Boyle
It appears as if we might have carried on a Conference tradition in hosting great, young talent after reading the debut novel A PARTIAL HISTORY OF LOST CAUSES by Jennifer DuBois. Aleksandr Bezetov is a former world chess champion nurtured in the Soviet system. After winning and later losing the world championship, he has launched a presidential campaign against Vladimir Putin. Irina Ellison is a 30-year-old lecturer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father died from Huntington’s disease, a process that took twenty years and robbed him slowly of his mind. Irina, certain she will suffer the same fate, contacts Bezetov who her Russophile father assiduously followed. Advance praise has included Gary Shteyngart (SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY) “Hilarious and heartbreaking and a triumph of the imagination. Jennifer DuBois is too young to be this talented. I wish I were her.” Ms. DuBois will be reading on Saturday afternoon, one of the final events of the Conference, at 4 p.m. Don’t miss your chance to see this rising literary star. CFR
Jennifer DuBois
This year's Oxford Conference for the Book is March 22-24. For further information please visit: http://conferenceforthebook.tumblr.com/
2012 BOOK CONFERENCE FEATURE
Posted March 4th, 2012
What do The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Joe Cocker,
Eric Clapton, Warren Zevon, and Sheryl Crow all have in common
besides being in rock n' roll greats? They have all recorded with
and sought out the talent of the legendary sax man, Bobby Keys.
Born in 1943 in Texas, he was hooked on music from an early age
and as a teenager bribed his way into neighbor Buddy Holly's
garage band rehearsals. After spending years on the road being a
top touring and session sax player, he began in 1970 his long
standing gig with The Rolling Stones. Now Keys has written a
memoir, Every Night's a Saturday Night, in which he
recounts his and rock's coming of age story. The book features an
introduction by Keith Richards and was written with Bill
Ditenhafer who is the former editor of Nashville
Lifestyles magazine. Bobby's publisher, Charlie Winton,
who is a little bit legendary and rock n' roll himself is the
president of Counterpoint Press, an independent publishing house
known for an impressive list of quality literature blended with an
edgier sensibility. All three men will be at the Oxford Conference
for the Book on a panel Friday March 23rd at 4pm. And Bobby Keys
will be on the Thacker Mountain Radio Show at Off Square Books on
Thursday March 22nd at 6pm. As our good friend and reverend, Jim
Dickinson (who played on Sticky Fingers with Bobby Keys),
used to say, "Get ready, World boogie is coming". CM
Bobby Keys and Charlie Winton
This year's Oxford Conference for the Book is March 22-24. For further information please visit: http://conferenceforthebook.tumblr.com/
2012 BOOK CONFERENCE FEATURE
Posted March 2nd, 2012
A great American writer who has had one’s share of being interviewed, no doubt, is Richard Ford. Currently teaching at the University of Mississippi and author of the highly anticipated (and, be assured, stunningly good) forthcoming novel, Canada, Ford will swap seats for this year’s Book Conference and be the interviewer for a session with a younger, somewhat lesser known writer, the current John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writer, Josh Weil. Josh Weil captured Oxford readers two years ago when his first book, The New Valley, was published by Grove Atlantic and he came to Square Books for a reading. The book later won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the National Book Foundation bestowed its “Five Under Thirty-Five” award upon the author. The Ford-Weil conversation will take place at the Overby Center at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22. RH
Richard Ford and Josh Weil
This year's Oxford Conference for the Book is March 22-24. For further information please visit: http://conferenceforthebook.tumblr.com/
2012 BOOK CONFERENCE FEATURE
Posted March 2nd, 2012
New Directions Publishing was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin when the Harvard undergraduate once shared some of his poems with Ezra Pound and was advised “to do something useful” with his life.
Laughlin began publishing experimental writers who were finding it difficult to publish elsewhere, and before long the New Directions list included some of the great names in the pantheon – Dylan Thomas, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Kay Boyle, Thomas Merton, Tennessee Williams, and, happy to employ Laughlin’s usefulness, Ezra Pound. The tradition of excellence and discovery at New
Directions has continued for seventy-five years and is as dynamic today as any time in its seventy-five year history, having recently published the work of Roberto Bolano, Cesar Aira, and Robert Walser. The 2012 Oxford Conference for the Book is honored to present a panel featuring Barbara Epler and Declan Spring. Ms. Epler joined New Directions upon her college graduation in 1984. She became Editor in Chief in 1995 and in 2008 she was named Publisher and in 2011 President. Declan Spring, who has been with New Directions since 1991, is Vice President, Editor, and Director of Foreign Rights.
Their appearance occurs at the Conference’s concluding panel at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Overby Center. RH
Barbara Epler and Declan Spring
This year's Oxford Conference for the Book is March 22-24. For further information please visit: http://conferenceforthebook.tumblr.com/
2012 BOOK CONFERENCE FEATURE
Posted March 2nd, 2012
Writing and publishing is entering a new phase and the Internet is driving the conversation. E-books, social media, blogging and Internet publishing have become essential tools for writers and publishers in the digital age. The panelists will explore the Internet’s impact on literature and discuss digital media’s impact on writing itself. Author/Bloggers Maud Newton
and Jack Pendarvis with indie author Michael Bible will tackle these issues and more. Author Anya Groner moderates. MJ
This year's Oxford Conference for the Book is March 22-24. For further information please visit: http://conferenceforthebook.tumblr.com/
