Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse

Franklin Abbott Presents:Rigoberto Gonzalez Mariposa ClubDavid Groff Persistent VoicesCharles Jensen Poets and Artists Outwrite Bookstore & CoffeehouseSunday, Sept. 5, 201012:00 PM  PART OF IN THE LIFE ATLANTA  FRANKLIN ABBOTT PRESENTS a reading event featuring nationally-known, award-winning writers sharing recent work. On this afternoon writers include RIGOBERTO GONZALEZ reading from his memoir The Mariposa Club (Alyson Books), DAVID GROFF reads from the poetry anthology Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS (Alyson Books) which he co-edited with Phillip Clark, CHARLES JENSEN reads from his first full-length poetry collection The First Risk (Lethe Press), and RAKESH SATYAL reads from his lively coming of age novel Blue Boy (Kensington Publishing).In conjunction with In the Life Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride festival, Outwrite hosts an impressive list of top Black authors throughout the Labor Day weekend, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 3-5. Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse is located at 991 Piedmont Ave., at the corner of Tenth St. in Midtown Atlanta, 404-607-0082. These reading and signing events are free and open to the public.   RSVP on Facebook:

 Victoria Rowell Signs Secrets of a Soap Opera Divaat Outwrite Bookstore & CoffeehouseSunday, Sept. 5, 201012:00 PM PART OF IN THE LIFE ATLANTA About the Author: Those in the United States may have heard of Victoria Rowell, who played Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless. Well, Victoria's penned a book based on her former soap actress life. (After previously writing The Woman Who Raised Me, a bestselling memoir.)   RSVP on Facebook: