Tag: Chamblin’s Uptown
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Magical Night at Chamblin’s Uptown: My Favorite Bookstore Turns 40
To use an old cliche, a good time was had by all at Chamblin’s Uptown, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of legendary bookstore Chamblin Bookmine. There was food, drinks, readings, celebration, and camaraderie, all surrounded by books of every kind, both new and used, on shelves, walls, countertops, and in people’s hands. I…
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Southern Gothic: Jamelah Earle on Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury
On a recent Wednesday night at the Chamblin’s Uptown Poetry Reading, Dack Saig was explaining to me that William Faulkner was one of the originators of Southern Gothic. It reminded me of an article by Jamelah Earle, about Faulkner’s novel The Sound and the Fury, which I read some time ago on Literary Kicks. I went…