Georgia Perimeter College

Lawrence Hill: Someone Knows My Name
Lawrence Hill
August 29, 2008
00:36:29
Lawrence Hill talks about his new book, Someone Knows My Name at The Writers Institute of Georgia Perimeter College.
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Karin Slaughter: Fractured
Karin Slaughter
August 16, 2008
00:51:59
Author Karin Slaughter talks off the cuff about her latest installment, Fractured. This event comes to AFN from The Writers Institute at Georgia Perimeter College and the Atlanta Writers Club.
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Chuck Palahniuk: Snuff
Charles McNair
June 4, 2008
01:35:43
Charles McNair, author of Land O'Goshen, introduces and interviews author Chuck Palahniuk about his latest bawdy release, Snuff. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Advisory: Adult Content.
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Carl Hiaasen: The Downhill Lie
Carl Hiaasen
May 12, 2008
01:09:23
Carl Hiaasen discusses his new book, The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport. It is a book about a lifelong love/hate relationship with golf, which comically addresses how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake and which club is best for killing rats.
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Journal of Sojourner Truth
Lita Hooper
April 17, 2008
00:41:03
Lita Hooper is joined by other academicians to read from her poem, The Journal of Sojourner Truth. The poem is based on The Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Olive Gilbert, and brings to life a woman's journey from slavery to freedom.
Mao's Use of Propaganda
Victoria White
March 28, 2008
00:26:32
Georgia Perimeter College honors student Victoria White presents her work on how Chinese propaganda was used by that government to help control the behavior of its citizenry. The event is part of the The 20th Annual Dr. Francine King Social Science Colloquium.
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Terry Kay: The Book of Marie
Terry Kay
October 19, 2007
01:07:09
Terry Kay, the prize-winning Georgia author of To Dance With the White Dog, discusses his latest work. The Book of Marie tells of a generation change in the relationships between whites and blacks in Georgia and shows the unique power of place and the finding of home.
Discovering When the Finch Rises
Jack Riggs
October 10, 2007
00:44:08
Writer Jack Riggs discusses his journey to "discovering" the novel When the Finch Rises, how the historical and social issues of the time (1968), as well as those of the present, influenced the writing.