Business owners and local officials are slowly transforming Dunwoody Village into a de facto downtown for the city. Business owners and local officials are slowly transforming Dunwoody Village into a de facto downtown for the city. Read MoreAtlanta Business News - Local Atlanta News | Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Irish government is looking to lure Atlanta companies to Ireland – and it plans to use fintech and football to help do so. The Irish government is looking to lure Atlanta companies to Ireland – and it plans to use fintech and football to help do so. Read MoreAtlanta Business News - Local Atlanta
Rosa DuffyPhotograph by Ben Rollins Rare and classic books keep finding Rosa Duffy. Some have fragile, first edition spines that creek like arthritic joints. Others have musings jotted in the margins by previous owners. These are Duffy’s favorites—the ones that she hand-selects from online sellers, collectors, or other independent bookstores to live in her Auburn
One of my favorite lines in Jean Toomer’s masterwork Cane is “the pines whisper to Jesus.” I take it to mean what we cannot say out loud, we whisper to the trees, who then pass the message on to God. The truths, desires, and needs that are too painful—or powerful—to say out loud must be
DL WhitePhotograph by Ben Rollins On a sweltering Saturday afternoon this past June, hundreds of eager women, plus a handful of men, gathered at the Cobb Galleria Centre for the Indie Love conference. They shared a singular purpose—buying as many books as possible, and having them signed by their favorite independent Black authors. The annual
Top Row: Louise Meriwether, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Johnnetta Cole, and Paula GiddingsMiddle Row: Pearl Cleage, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Toni Cade BambaraBottom Row: Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, and Mari EvansPhotograph by Susan Ross As told by Susan Ross to Julianna Bragg and Kamille D. Whittaker In 1987, a group of writers gathered on the steps of
Kimberly Jones and Vania StoyanovaPhotograph by Ben Rollins YATL Creating YA community through fun and games Kimberly Jones and Vania Stoyanova were young adult (YA) book influencers before the role even existed. As leaders of a popular YA book club sponsored by Brave + Kind Bookshop, the Georgia Center for the Book, and Little Shop
Independent bookstores 44th & 3rd 451 Lee Street Southwest, West End This family-owned source presents “the richness, diversity, and genius of Black expression.” A Capella Books 208 Haralson Avenue Northeast, Inman Park Atlanta’s only intown, full-service bookstore partners with many book events and authors. Atlanta Vintage Books 3660 Clairmont Road, Chamblee This institution stocks more
Tayari JonesPhotograph by Ben Rollins Tayari Jones—author, professor, and griot of the American South—has a lot on her plate. She teaches a creative writing class at Emory University, she has book blurbs due and forewords to file, and she has words in a just-released craft book, How We Do It, where her Emory colleague Jericho
The tower, called The Grace Residences, is one of two components comprising Science Square’s first phase of development. The tower, called The Grace Residences, is one of two components comprising Science Square’s first phase of development. Read MoreAtlanta Business News - Local Atlanta News | Atlanta Business Chronicle
