NYTimes Bestselling Author KAREN WHITE--The Tradd Street Series Continues..... more info tba

Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist Debut Thriller The Woman in the Park Chat and Signing

Join us to support local authors and their latest work. October's theme is Adventures and Romance. We'll hear from Brian Huey (PERPETUAL TRILOGY), Tanner Lutheran (DETACHED), Ann McMan (BEOWULF FOR CRETINS: A LOVE STORY), and Nancy Naigle (CHRISTMAS ANGELS).

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Signing 5:00 | Reading 5:30 Saeed Jones signs How We Fight for Our Lives Simon and Schuster (10/2019) Haunted and haunting, Jones’s memoir tells the story of a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his mother and grandmother, into passing flings with lovers, friends and strangers...

Tanya Amyx Berry with FOR THE HOG KILLING, 1979 Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 5:30pm The traditional neighborly work of killing a hog and preparing it as food for humans is either a fine art or a shameful mess. It requires knowledge, experience, skill, good sense, and sympathy," writes Wendell Berry in the essay portion of this book. In November 1979 as in years before, neighborly families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing. Tanya Berry had been given a camera by New Farm magazine to photograph Kentucky farmers at work, and for two days at the farm of Owen and Loyce Flood in Henry County, she captured this culmination of a year's labor raising livestock. Here, in the resulting photographs, published for the first time, the American agrarian tradition is shown at its most harmonious, with strong men and women toiling with shared purpose towards a common wealth. Tanya Berry reveals intimate, expressive moments: the teams of young men hoisting animals by physical strength onto a gambrel and wagon for butchering, women grinding meat and mixing sausage and readying hams for preservation, and the solidarity of human beings coming together in reverence for the food they would eat, the lives and bodies which would be taken, and those which would be strengthened.

How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? What has been called ‘the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’ sets a challenge for philosophers. Some have responded to that challenge by arguing that mathematics is essentially anthropocentric in character, whereas others have pointed to the range of structures that mathematics offers. Otavio Bueno and Steven French offer a middle way, which focuses on the moves that have to be made in both the mathematics and the relevant physics in order to bring the two into appropriate relation. This relation can be captured via the inferential conception of the applicability of mathematics, which is formulated in terms of immersion, inference, and interpretation. In particular, the roles of idealisations and of surplus structure in science and mathematics respectively are brought to the fore and captured via an approach to models and theories that emphasize the partiality of the available information: the partial structures approach. The discussion as a whole is grounded in a number of case studies drawn from the history of quantum physics, and extended to contest recent claims that the explanatory role of certain mathematical structures in scientific practice supports a realist attitude towards them. The overall conclusion is that the effectiveness of mathematics does not seem unreasonable at all once close attention is paid to how it is actually applied in practice.

Salon@615 with Cyntoia Brown author of Free Cyntoia Salon@615 is pleased to present Cyntoia Brown in her first public event since her release from prison in August 2019. Brown will discuss her memoir, Free Cyntoia. This event will take place on October 23rd at 6:15pm at Christ Church Cathedral. A signing line will follow the program. About the book: Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a murder she committed at the age of sixteen. Her case became national news when celebrities and activists made the hashtag #FreeCyntoia go viral in 2017. She was granted full clemency after having served fifteen years, walking out a free woman on August 7, 2019. This is her story, in her own words. In these pages, written over the fifteen years she was incarcerated, Cyntoia shares the difficult early life that lead to that fateful night and how she found the strength to not only survive, but thrive, in prison. A coming-of-age memoir set against the shocking backdrop of a life behind bars, Free Cyntoia takes you on a spiritual journey as Cyntoia struggles to overcome a legacy of family addiction and a lifetime of feeling ostracized and abandoned by society. Born to a teenage alcoholic mother who was also a victim of sex trafficking, Brown reflects on the isolation, low self-esteem, and sense of alienation that drove her straight into the hands of a predator. Though she attempts to build a positive path and honor the values her beloved adoptive mother taught her, Cyntoia succumbs to harmful influences that drive her to a cycle of promise and despair. After a fateful meeting with a prison educator turned mentor, Cyntoia makes the pivotal decision to take classes at Lipscomb University and strive for a better future, even if she’s never freed. For the first time ever, Cyntoia shares the details of her transformation, including a profound encounter with God, an unlikely romance, and an unprecedented outpouring of support from social media advocates and A-list celebrities, which ultimately lead to clemency and her release from prison. Giving a rare look at the power of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery in the darkest of places, Free Cyntoia is a deeply personal portrait of one woman’s journey for redemption within a system that had failed her from childhood. About the author: Cyntoia Brown-Long was sentenced to life in prison for killing a forty-three-year-old man after he bought her for sex when she was only sixteen years old. In January 2019, after she served nearly fifteen years at Tennessee Prison for Women, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam granted her full clemency. During her time in prison, Cyntoia earned an associate’s and bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University, a prestigious Christian institution. She also counseled other inmates and started the GLITTER (Grassroots Learning Initiative on Teen Trafficking, Exploitation, and Rape) Project. After her release in August 2019, she hopes to be a voice for justice and victims of sexual violence, and looks forward to starting her life as recently married woman. Ticket Cancellations: Reserving a ticket is a commitment to attend. In order to keep tickets to events like this one free, we need for the number of free tickets reserved to accurately reflect the expected crowd. If your plans change after you have reserved a ticket, please cancel your reservation or email us at least 48 hours in advance so we can give the ticket to another patron. If you reserve a ticket, but are unable to attend, you will be leaving an empty seat that could have been reserved by someone else. The success of this program and future ones relies on your cooperation. Signing line information: To join the signing line at this event, you must purchase a copy of the author’s latest book from Parnassus Books. As a Salon patron, you will receive a 10% discount! Books will be available for purchase at the event. On-Site Tickets: This Salon@615 is a free, ticketed event. Ticket holders should be in their seats no later than 6:10pm. Any seats that remain available at that time will be filled via an on-site ticket line on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the on-site ticket line. There will not be alternative viewing locations once seats have been filled. Parking information at Christ Cathedral: Parking is available in the following locations: Cathedral Lots A & B (9th & Broadway) Cathedral Lot C (9th & Commerce) 10th & Commerce Premier Lot

Cathy Pickens presents Charlotte True Crime Stories Murder, fraud, the missing, the wrongly accused, crusading mothers, a serial killer who broke all the rules, motorcycle gangs … and Bigfoot. With a mystery novelist’s ear for a good tale, Cathy Pickens presents more than a century of Charlotte’s headline stories. Author Bio: Publishers Weekly called Cathy’s first mystery Southern Fried, a St. Martin’s Malice Domestic Award winner, an “assured debut, a cozy with some sharp edges.” In addition to writing five books in that series, she is true crime columnist for Mystery Readers Journal. Her latest book is Charlotte (NC) True Crime Stories (London & Charleston: History Press, 2019). Cathy served as president of national Sisters in Crime, secretary of Mystery Writers of America, and a founding member and president of the Mecklenburg Forensic Medicine Program (an evidence collection/preservation training collaborative). A lawyer and former college professor at Queens University of Charlotte, she offers workshops on developing the creative process, coaches and teaches new writers through Charlotte Lit, and works with former inmates on starting their own businesses and writing their own stories. Can’t make the event? Want your own personalized copy? Contact the store 48 hours before the event to request one. 704-525-9239 or orders@parkroadbooks.com Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Steven R. Weisman - THE CHOSEN WARS - in conversation with Walter Isaacson Join us at the New Orleans JCC when Steven R. Weisman presents his recent book, THE CHOSEN WARS: How Judaism Became an American Religion in conversation with Walter Isaacson. A booksigning will follow. “An important beginning to understanding the truth over myth about Judaism in American history” (New York Journal of Books), Steven R. Weisman tells the dramatic story of the personalities that fought each other and shaped this ancient religion in America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The struggles that produced a redefinition of Judaism illuminate the larger American experience and the efforts by all Americans to reconcile their faith with modern demands. The narrative begins with the arrival of the first Jews in New Amsterdam and plays out over the nineteenth century as a massive immigration takes place at the dawn of the twentieth century. First there was the practical matter of earning a living. Many immigrants had to work on the Sabbath or traveled as peddlers to places where they could not keep kosher. Doctrine was put aside or adjusted. To take their places as equals, American Jews rejected their identity as a separate nation within America. Judaism became an American religion. These profound changes did not come without argument. Steven R. Weisman’s “lucid and entertaining” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) The Chosen Wars tells the stories of the colorful rabbis and activists—including Isaac Mayer Wise, Mordecai Noah, David Einhorn, Rebecca Gratz, and Isaac Lesser—who defined American Judaism and whose disputes divided it into the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox branches that remain today. “Only rarely does an author succeed in writing a book that reframes how we perceive our own history. The Chosen Wars is...fascinating and provocative” (Jewish Journal). Steven R. Weisman, vice president for publications and communications at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), previously served as a correspondent, editor, and editorial board member at The New York Times. His book The Great Tax Wars: How the Income Tax Transformed America, received the Sidney Hillman Award in 2003. Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 7:00pm

Jesse Jarnow Book Discussion and Signing Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Grimey's New and Preloved Music (map) Jesse Jarnow is a writer and a DJ on seminal free-form community radio station WFMU in New Jersey. His latest book, Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the American Soul came out on Election Day 2018 via Da Capo Press. Recent liner note projects include Grateful Dead LPs of 2/28/69 at the Fillmore East, as well as the Dead at Giants Stadium (both the big box and the standalone release of 6/17/91), the 2019 Woodstock box sets, and the forthcoming Garcia Peoples album. Jarnow also wrote Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America & Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock, both of which have been best-sellers here at Grimey's. Jesse Jarnow will join us to discuss his book about the Weavers and how the US government cracked down on progressive voices, blacklisting Pete Seeger and others from mainstream TV and other outlets. He's also happy to discuss the Grateful Dead, about which he is certainly an expert, and Yo La Tengo and indie rock as well, so come out for what's sure to be a fascinating book event at Grimey's. We'll have copies of Jesse's books on hand and he'll sign following the discussion.

Susan Rice - Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019 7:00 PM Location: Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 Website Susan E. Rice, National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, recalls pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy. Rice will discuss her memoir "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For" with Stacey Abrams, 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, former Georgia House Democratic Leader, and founder and chair of Fair Fight. Tickets are $48 for Orchestra seating and $36 for Mezzanine seating. Each ticket includes a copy of the book signed by the author.

Watershed by Mark Barr: In Conversation with Adam Latham October 23 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Star Line Books, 1467 Market Street Chattanooga, 37402 United States + Google Map Join us at Star Line Books on October 23 at 6:30 pm to welcome the unparalleled author Mark Barr. He will be in conversation with Adam Latham to promote his debut novel Watershed (pre-order now!)- a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow the banks of their time and place. This evening promises to be one that opens the door on the masterful storytelling skills of this promising southern author and his process

UNC Press presents Daniel S. Pierce, author of Tar Heel Lightnin’: How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World From the late nineteenth century well into the 1960s, North Carolina boasted some of the nation's most restrictive laws on alcohol production and sale. For much of this era, it was also the nation's leading producer of bootleg liquor. Over the years, written accounts, popular songs, and Hollywood movies have turned the state's moonshiners, fast cars, and frustrated Feds into legends. But in Tar Heel Lightnin', Daniel S. Pierce tells the real history of moonshine in North Carolina as never before. This well-illustrated, entertaining book introduces a surprisingly varied cast of characters who operated secret stills and ran liquor from the swamps of the Tidewater to Piedmont forests and mountain coves. From the state's earliest days through Prohibition to the present, Pierce shows that moonshine crossed race and economic lines, linking men and women, the rebellious and the respectable, the oppressed and the merely opportunistic. As Pierce recounts, even churchgoing types might run shipments of "that good ol' mountain dew" when hard times came and there was no social safety net to break the fall. Folklore, popular culture, and changing laws have helped fuel a renaissance in making and drinking commercial moonshine, and Pierce shows how today's producers understand their ties to the past. Above all, this book reveals that moonshine's long, colorful history features surprises that can change how we understand a state and a region. Daniel S. Pierce is professor of history at the University of North Carolina Asheville. His previous books include Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France. This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you purchase the books you want to be signed at our events from Malaprop’s. When you do this you are not only supporting the work it takes to run an events program, you are also telling the publishers that they should keep sending authors here. Can’t make it to the store for the event? Call us or order the book on our website in advance, and we’ll get it signed for you. Make sure you write your preferences in the comments if you purchase online. Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 6:00pm Event address: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

This month’s selection is SPYING ON THE SOUTH by Tony Horwitz.

Wednesday, October 23rd - (7-9pm) DVAM Reading & Discussion: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year, OASIS is partnering with Foggy Pine to offer a DVAM bookclub. We will read No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder. Join us to discuss this book and raise awareness around intimate partner violence. Foggy Pine will donate the proceeds of this particular book to OASIS. Contact Sara Crouch at outreach@oasisinc.org for more information.

Weird Science Book Club Join us for a wild discussion of Gut by Giulia Enders ! Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Event address: 19 Griffin Street McDonough, GA 30253

Writers as Witness Publisher Dennis Johnson, The Mueller Report Wednesday, October 23, 7pm Publishers decide, in a very real sense, what makes it into print and much of the information available to the consumer. If a small press publisher can survive in a notoriously fickle business, they have the chance to make little-known work available or to respond quickly to new information. Melville House is an independent publisher located in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2001 by sculptor Valerie Merians and fiction writer/journalist Dennis Johnson, in order to publish Poetry After 9/11, a book of material culled from Johnson’s groundbreaking MobyLives book blog. The material consisted of things sent in to the blog by writers and poets in response to the 9/11 attacks, and Johnson and Merians felt it better represented the spirit of New York than the call to war of the Bush administration. Melville House is also known for publishing fiction, including Nobel Prize winners Imre Kertesz and Heinrich Boll. Early this year, the staff at Melville House worked around the clock to prepare the just-released Mueller Report for publication and wide distribution. Event date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 7:00pm Event address: 304 S. Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401

Open Mic Poetry 7:00pm – 8:30pm “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I⁠—I took the one that led to M. Judson’s Open Mic Poetry Nights!” Join us once a month from 7:00-8:30pm to share and listen to poetry in a laid back, open mic forum. From newbies finding their voices to seasoned veterans perfecting their craft, everyone is invited! Each poet will get four minutes to share their material. It will be a night of good people, good poems, and good times.

Miss Malaprop's Storytime Join us with your wee ones every week on Wednesdays at 10 am for classic and contemporary stories sure to enchant and entertain. Together, we’ll introduce children to the wonderful world of books! Recommended for ages 3-9. Event date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 10:00am Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 10:00am Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 10:00am Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 10:00am Event address: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe

An Evening with Caleb Johnson | Treeborne, and Mark Barr | Watershed Thu, October 24, 2019 Hub City Bookshop is thrilled to host Bestselling Authors Caleb Johnson | Treeboure, and Mark Barr | Watershed, on Thursday, October 24th. Each will read from their new works and sign books!