Lemuria Bookstore Blog

We all know the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar: On Sunday he hatched and was quite hungry. He eats his way through the days of the weeks and Eric Carle beautifully drawn fruits and desserts and at the end of his food journey, he is quite full and quite tired. He builds himself a [...]

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Tomorrow I’ll be participating in a discussion with three other booksellers from Mississippi on the future of bookselling at the University of Mississippi. My thoughts on this subject have been constant over the last few years which became more emphasized by the recession. I’m constantly reading and analyzing how to stay open and grow. I’m [...]

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From the Nashville Scene: William Gay, the Hohenwald native who late in life earned a following as one of the most acclaimed Southern writers of recent years, was reportedly found dead last night from heart failure at his Lewis County home. He was 68. Read more here. William Gay was a long time friend of [...]

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I have written about my excursions out in the community before  and I am still here to tell you it is my FAVORITE part of my job here at Lemuria.  Yes, yes, I still love it when you come in the store and we can have great conversations about books and I can help you [...]

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Lemuria is thrilled to be a part of World Book Night this year. Read on for details about how to get involved. From World Book Night. org We have a goal of getting 50,000 people to go out to places in their communities on the evening of Monday, April 23, 2012, and give a book [...]

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Greetings from Honolulu, Hawaii! When the opportunity arose last fall for a week long vacation to Hawaii, there were no second thoughts for this girl. And, since no vacation is complete without several books in tow (not to mention that it is a loooong flight from the main land to this gorgeous island,) I packed my [...]

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Knopf thought this was their kind of tree. We do, too.

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Saturday at Noon Neil White will be signing Mississippi’s 100 Greatest Football Players with Kayo Dottley. Neil tells the story in this Lemuria guest post: Kayo Dottley ran a 9.7 second 100-yard dash in 1946. Two college coaches attended his high school graduation — Bear Bryant and Johnny Vaught. Both were desperate to sign Dottley. [...]

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BeanFruit is something that everybody at Lemuria is really excited about. In this blog post we’re going to tell you a little bit about our own experience with BeanFruit coffee. First, here’s Joe: I know the exact day I met Paul Bonds. It was April 26 and I was selling books at a Millsaps event. [...]

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