Pulitzer Prize-Winner Rick Bragg Kicks Off 'Amazing Read' Tonight

Former New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer, Rick Bragg, will be in the Upstate this evening to kick off the Greenville County Library System's "Amazing Read" series.

The free event wil be held tonight at 7 p.m. at the Fountain Inn Center for the Visual & Performing Arts, 315 N. Main St. 

Bragg will speak about his experiences growing up in the South and will read excerpts from his best-selling memoir, All Over but the Shoutin.' 

The book chronicles the hardscrabble lives of his northeastern Alabama family, focusing on his big-hearted mother, who went eighteen years without a new dress so that her sons could have school clothes, and picked other people's cotton so that her children wouldn't have to live on welfare alone — and Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the habit of running out on the people who needed him most.

In addition to his talk, Bragg will answer questions from the audience, as well as sign books.

Amazing Read 2012 is a collaboration of the Greenville County Library System and the Laurens County Library. The Amazing Read selection of Bragg's book is designed for audiences 18 and older, with the intent to encourage discussion and community around literature. 

When Bragg's visit is history, the discussion will just be beginning. Don't miss All Over but the Talkin' book discussions held at a branch near you in both Greenville and Laurens counties in the coming weeks.

Schedule:

7:00p-8:00p — Taylors
Tue, Oct 9

7:00p-8:30p — Fountain Inn
Tue, Oct 9

7:00p-8:00p — Laurens County Public Library
Tue, Oct 9
Call (864) 681-READ for directions and details.

6:00p-7:00p — Anderson Road
Mon, Oct 15

6:30p-7:30p — Laurens County Public Library–Clinton Branch
Tue, Oct 16
Call (864) 681-READ for directions and details.

7:00p-8:00p — Hughes Main Library, Greenville, Meeting Room A
Wed, Oct 17

7:00p-8:00p — Greer
Tue, Oct 23

1:00p-2:00p — Simpsonville
Thu, Oct 25

1:00p-2:30p — Travelers Rest
Mon, Oct 29

7:00p-8:00p — Pelham Road
Tue, Oct 30

4:00p-5:00p — Berea
Mon, Nov 5

7:00p-8:00p — Mauldin
Thu, Nov 8

6:00p-7:30p — Augusta Road
Tue, Nov 13