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Nothing's scarier on Halloween than going around without a mask! Just arrived from AlmaBoheme with some great spooky designs. Message us if you see one you like.

American woman wins Nobel Prize in Literature! https://www.theguardian.com//louise-gluck-wins-the-2020-no

Get your history on with the Telfair Museums Legacy of Slavery Initiative FREE virtual lectures. 1st up: this Thursday October 8th, 6 pm. Register here: https://www.telfair.org/los/ and get your copy of Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching by Julie Buckner Armstrong from The Book Lady, 912-233-3628.

Yes, back open with regular (or covid-regular) hours! 11-5:30 Monday-Saturday

Please Note: Updated Hours! We have some outside projects happening this week, so we will have shortened hours. CLOSED Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th. OPEN again Thursday, Friday Saturday 11-5:30. Many thanks for your patience, and we'll see you soon!

Please Note: updated hours for this week! CLOSED this Tues, Wed, & Thursday...OPEN AGAIN on Friday & Saturday 11 AM. Thank you for your patience!

Here's as good a first statement/step as any, in honor of one of our heroines, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

No words. No book recommendations. Not yet.

Looking for some excellent online Author Events and miss your in-person Book Club? The Book Lady has partnered with Telfair Museums for 12 virtual discussions as a part of their multiyear Legacy of Slavery in Savannah Initiative. Beginning on October 8th with Julie Armstrong, "Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching", UGA Press. Preregistration is required for the free virtual programs and books are available for sale through The Book Lady Bookstore. To participate and learn m...ore, visit telfair.org/los Legacy of Slavery in Savannah Book Club October 8, 2020 Julie Armstrong Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011. November 12, 2020 Mia Bay To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. December 10, 2020 Hilary Green Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890, Fordham University Press, April 2016. January 14, 2021 Talitha LeFlouria Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. February 11, 2021 Andrew Kahrl The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South, University of North Carolina Press, 2016. March 11, 2021 Douglas Blackmon Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. New York: Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2009. 2008. April 8, 2021 Patricia Sullivan Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, The New Press, 2009. May 13, 2021 Melissa Cooper Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination, University of North Carolina Press, 2017. June 10, 2021 Jelani Favors Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism, University of North Carolina Press, 2019. July 8, 2021 Maurice Hobson The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. August 12, 2021 Tina McElroy Ansa Baby of the Family. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. September 9, 2021 Christina Sharpe In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, Duke University Press, 2016. Support local business by purchasing your copy of the month’s selection at the Book Lady! They deliver, ship and offer curbside pickup, as well as having open store hours for in-store purchase. Links & info Website: https://thebookladybookstore.com/ Store phone: 912-233-3628 Message on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBookLadyBookstore/ Email: [email protected] Current In-Store hours: Monday-Saturday 11-5, covid-safe procedures include limit of 4 people inside the shop, mandatory masks, hand sanitizer provided, gloves provided, frequent sanitizing of the shop, check-out station behind plexiglass

This email exchange we had today (below) is typical for deliveries these days and the many conversations we've had lately...calls to congresspeople would be much appreciated with a request that all decisions to eliminate USPS overtime, etc, be REVERSED, not just paused until after the election. And, as always, your indie appreciates your patience! "Hi XXXX, I'm not sure what is going on with this package. Looks like it's been in Massachusetts since the 16th but missed i...ts August 17th delivery date, then it hasn't moved the 18th or today either. There hasn't been a new update, they just keep changing the date on the last one. Not sure if you can try to see what is going on with the package, but this is very abnormal for USPS. Just wanted to let you know that this has not been delivered yet and I'm a bit concerned. I'll keep an eye on it and be in contact with you when it arrives or by the end of the week if it doesn't. Thanks, XXXX... Thank you, XXXX, for the update. We will also be checking on it on our end. As you have probably heard, reasons both viral and political have slowed the mail and packages are in bins waiting to go out for delivery by postal carriers not allowed to do extra runs on overtime. They have much more mail to deliver these days and a deliberately imposed slowdown has caused problems for every business that relies on the USPS. This is why we are sure to have tracking numbers and insurance on each book going out. We'll stay on top of it, and you be sure and send us a note if it shows up. Thank you, and we are sorry for the delay. Best, XXXX"