BGB Reading Series, Vol. II

We’re honored to announce that the Baby Got Books Reading Series, Volume 2 will be the very last event at Wordsmiths before they shut the doors and move down the street. Accordingly, we’ve got an excellent evening of Southern Culture (capital “S”, capital “C”) planned. The event is March 24th and kicks off at 7:30 PM. We hope to see you there.

Author Hillary Jordan will be reading from her Bellwether Prize-winning novel Mudbound. The prize was founded by Barbara Kingsolver to reward “books of conscience, social responsibility, and literary merit.” Jordan’s novel scores on all of these fronts. I’ll have a full review coming soon.

But wait…there’s more!

Following the readng, we have a full slate of excellent music. The Wayne Fishell Experiment will kick things off with acoustic-folk-indie-pop. They’re excellent and worth the price of admission alone.

Now how much would you pay?

Following The Wayne Fishell Experiment is Hope for Agoldensummer from Athens, Ga. Hope for Agoldensummer are tough to describe, but they would not be out of place on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack or the rural post World War II setting of rural Mississippi. And yet their sound is very moder. Rough Trade Records describes the band: “this is strange, soulful and deeply affecting stuff. think a rural Cocorosie, an ornate Cat Power or a female Arcade Fire.” I, for one, can’t wait to check them out.

All of this fun can be yours for the low price of $0. That’s a sweet, sweet deal my friends.

I’ll have more on the event in the weeks to come. Here are the relevant details:

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