Book Corner

Author and blogger Blake Butler read from his new book “Three Hundred Million: A Novel” at Ivy Hall at 6:30 p.m. last Thursday. Butler is the author of five books of fiction including “Ever” and “Scorch Atlas” as well as a memoir titled “Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia.” In addition, Butler was the editor of the former literary blog HTMLGIANT.

Photo by Nancy Juarez. The 2015 winter Ivy Hall Writers Series is going into its third week. On January 21, “Stinky Kids” creator Britt Menzies opened the series with an

Written by Emme Raus, contributor Image from SCAD Atlanta Writing Page Steven Pinker gave a lecture based on his new book entitled “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to

Written by Shelley Danzy, contributor “To understand the world, my only tool I have is language,” said Ira Sukrungruang, who kicked-off the Fall 2014 SCAD Ivy Hall Writers Series. Sukrungruang

Ahh, beach reads. For something that should be so effortless and fun, I often find choosing one to be quite an endeavor. Since these books are often going on planes

Photo By University of Georgia Press As part of the Ivy Hall Writers Series, Atlanta author and WABE producer Kate Sweeney visited on Thursday, April 3 to discuss her new

By Shelley Danzy, contributor  “A few years ago, my grandmother died the day after Valentine’s Day,” said Ericka Chambers, first-year M.A. arts administration student. “It’s been tough. I’ve been trying to

By Brittany Joyce, contributor Photo by Hally Joseph. “This place just creaks with history,” Atlanta journalist and author Josh Green said as he took the podium to kick off Ivy

Winter break is the perfect time to bust out the novels you’ve been neglecting all quarter while textbooks held your attention. On cold, rainy days when you’ve already demolished your

by Hally Joseph, contributor We are almost two months into 2013; how many resolutions have you kept? If "start a book club" is one of your resolutions, look no further