Amber Dermont, an Agnes Scott College professor, has a collection of short stories just published by St. Martin’s Press. Damage Control, brings together works that had been previously published in literary journals and, brought together, gives the reader a sense of unwrapping a new present with the start of each story.

The Starboard Sea, Amber’s New York Times best selling debut novel, received superb reviews. Sunday’s New York Times Book Review’s critique of her new work was equally glowing. “If pop-up fiction becomes a thing, Dermont will excel at it. She seems able to throw down a convincing story set anywhere, spun from any premise. … [Dermont] is a deft writer, bullish on her characters, assertive in her descriptions of these specific worlds.”

Congratulations to Amber! (And a cool cover, as well.)

Obituary – Anthony Lewis (1927 – 2013)

Former reporter, columnist, and author Anthony Lewis died on Monday at the age of 85. As a bookseller and as a reformed attorney, I had long admired Lewis. He single-handedly created the position of a people’s Supreme Court analyst — work that was carried on by the likes of Linda Greenhouse and Nina Totenberg. Lewis’ 1964 book, Gideon’s Trumpet, concerning the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the right to government appointed lawyers to indigent defendants, is still in print and probably still being read by law school students everywhere.

Tonight – a former Carter administration chief domestic policy adviser, a local poet, a major blogger, and a chicken shooter photographer!!!

Stuart Eizenstat, author of The Future of the Jews, Wednesday, March 27th at 7pm, Carter Center Library with books sold by A Cappella Books, free.

Chelsea Rathburn, author of A Raft of Grief, Wednesday, March 27th at 7pm, Whitespace, with books sold by A Cappella Books, free.

Tamara Staples, author of The Magnificent Chicken, Wednesday, March 27th at 7pm, Little Shop of Stories, free.

Jessica Hagy, author of How to be Interesting, Wednesday, March 27th at 7:15pm, Decatur Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book, free.

This Week

Paul Hudson and Lora Mirza, authors of Atlanta’s Stone Mountain: A Multicultural History, Monday, April 1st at 6:30 p.m., Northlake Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book, free.

Kevin Anderson, author of Hellhole: Awakening, Monday, April 1st at 7p.m., Eagle Eye Bookshop, free.

Brent Hendricks, author of A Long Day at the End of the World, Tuesday, April 2nd at 7pm, Carter Center Library with books sold by A Cappella Books, free.

Demetri Martin, author of Point Your Face at This, Wednesday, April 3rd at 4p.m., Eagle Eye Bookshop, free.