Author Signings

Warren Steel signs THE MAKERS OF THE SACRED HARP (with sacred harp performance to follow)

Author Signings

Start: Thu, 12/02/2010 - 5:30pm

End: Thu, 12/02/2010 - 7:00pm

Warren Steel will sign copies of The Makers of the Sacred Harp at Off Square Books. Following the signing there will be a sacred harp vocal performance.

The Makers of the Sacred Harp is a comprehensive guide to the texts and tunes of the deeply influential and long-lived southern tradition of shape-note singing. University of Mississippi associate professor David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan, a scholar of American hymnody, concentrate on the regional culture that produced the Sacred Harp in the nineteenth century and delve into history of its authors and composers. Drawing on census reports, local histories, family Bibles and other records, rich oral interviews with descendants, and Sacred Harp Publishing Company records, this volume reveals new details and insights about the history of this enduring, beautiful American musical tradition.

The Makers of the Sacred Harp (Paperback)

By David Warren Steel, Richard H. Hulan

$25.00

ISBN-13: 9780252077609
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: University of Illinois Press, 10/01/2010

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Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman

Author Signings

Start: Sun, 10/10/2010 - 5:00pm

End: Sun, 10/10/2010 - 6:00pm

As part of the Grisham Visiting Writers program poets Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman will be at Square Books on Sunday, October 10.

For more info on the Grisham Visiting Writers program please go here.

The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems (Hardcover)

By Robert Hass

$34.99

ISBN-13: 9780061923821
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Ecco, 04/01/2010

Cascadia (Paperback)

By Brenda Hillman

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780819564924
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Wesleyan, 10/01/2001

Pieces of Air in the Epic (Paperback)

By Brenda Hillman

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780819567888
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Wesleyan University Press, 08/01/2007

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Ken Murphy & Scott Barretta sign MISSISSIPPI: STATE OF BLUES

Author Signings

Start: Fri, 11/05/2010 - 5:00pm

End: Fri, 11/05/2010 - 6:00pm

Ken Murphy & Scott Barretta will be signing copies of Mississippi: State of Blues.

“This book’s subtitle is intentionally, in blues fashion, a double entendre. On the one hand, it offers an assessment of the contemporary Mississippi blues scene—its musicians, festivals, venues, fans, and holy sites—in both image and prose. And on the other hand, it alludes to the fact that over one hundred years after its emergence, the blues remains inextricably connected in the public mind with Mississippi.” -from Scott Barretta’s essay featured in Mississippi: State of Blues.

Call 1-800-648-4001 to order a copy.