The NewSouth Bookstore actively hosts bookstore and off-site literary programs — book talks and readings — along with a variety of other programs both entertaining and educational. These include presentations by historians, readings of plays, music events, and community service programs. We enjoy such gatherings quite a lot. Our bookstore events calendar is always evolving, so please regularly check back here for updates to our calendar (and/or follow us on social media, where all such activities are also posted). We welcome your event suggestions and thank you for your support.
Thursday, May 18 at 5:30pm:
The fascinating double identity of Asa Carter is a subject of Dan Carter’s newest book, Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter, new from NewSouth Books. A distinguished Southern historian, Dan Carter (no relation) has spent decades researching his subject, who was a secret advisor to George Wallace in the 1960s and wrote his infamous “segregation now, segregation tomorrow” speech. Asa Carter disappeared from Alabama in the ’70s and resurfaced as a Cherokee author in Abilene, Texas, writing under the name Forrest Carter. Curiously, he went on to author the sensitively told The Education of Little Tree, which went on to become a bestseller. The unbelievable story of Carter’s life and activities is conveyed with vigor and insight in Unmasking the Klansman. It practically guarantees that Dan Carter’s bookstore talk will be every bit as interesting.