Nicholson Baker Book Signing
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In 2014, Nicholson Baker, literary provocateur and author of The Mezzanine and Human Smoke, became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to school, where he did his best to help his students get something done. What emerges from Baker’s experience in Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids is a complex, often touching deconstruction of public schooling in America: children swamped with overdue assignments, overwhelmed by the marvels and distractions of technology, and a weary staff trying to teach in step with an often outmoded standard curriculum. In Baker’s hands, the inner life of the classroom is examined anew, and the mundanity, griefs, and surprise victories of school life are recorded in Baker's inventive and remarkable style. Substitute, filled with humor, honesty, and empathy, may be his most impressive work of nonfiction yet.
This event is free and open to the public, but customers who wish to guarantee a seat should use the "Reserve My Seat" link below to pre-order a copy of the book ($32) from A Cappella Books. Seating at Rhodes Hall is quite limited. If the event is at capacity, seats will not be guaranteed to those who have not pre-ordered their book either in the store or using the "Reserve My Seat" link.
Free parking is available behind Rhodes Hall at 1495 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30309. Click here for directions.
If you are unable to attend this event, you may still pre-order a signed copy below.
