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Dear Reader Signed Firsts Staff Picks Gift Cards
160 Courthouse Square Oxford, MS 38655
662-236-2262
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OPEN DAILY
Square Books, Jr.:
M-Sat 9am-7pm;
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MISSISSIPPI MATH*
Spend $50 with a local indie and keep
$22.50 in Mississippi
Spend $50 at a national chain and keep
$6.50 in Mississippi
Spend $50 online to a remote vendor and keep
not one red cent in Mississippi.
*source:
The Economist,
7/30/2009
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Unless otherwise indicated, author events usually begin with an informal reception at 5 pm, followed by the author's presentation at 5:30, with book signing both before and after the reading/talk.
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Tuesday, August 22nd at 5pm
Each of the Ribkins has one particular talent, some extremely unique and often, at first glance, seemingly of little use. But their greatest talent may be in knowing the value of family and the support necessary for that group to survive. As Johnny Ribkins and his niece Eloise go on a peripatetic trip through Florida, the reader is taken on a journey through the problems of race, class, and identity in our society while the family uses its considerable skills to ward off pursuers and attain security. This is a novel that is an absolute delight yet has a serious undercurrent that will provoke thought and contemplation while remaining a great entertainment.
"For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard's original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself." - Toni Morrison
Laddee Hubbard is the winner of the 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for the Short Story. She holds a BA from Princeton University, an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin, and a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Talented Ribkins is her first novel.
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First Amendment
Sales Tax Holiday
In celebration of the vital importance of the First Amendment of the
United States Constitution, which prohibits, among other things, "the making of any law abridging the freedom of speech" or "infringing upon the freedom of the press," Square Books will offer our customers a 7% discount on book purchases all weekend, starting on August 25th through August 27th.
The discount effectively nullifies the amount of sales tax for customers, as Square Books is still required to collect and pay that tax.
This promotion celebrates the great traditions of free expression and free press in our nation and the rich tradition of Mississippi's literature.
It occurs on the same weekend that the State Legislature grants a sales tax holiday to anyone in Mississippi purchasing guns, a Second Amendment tax holiday initiated in Governor Phil Bryant's first term.
We encourage the Mississippi legislature to one day initiate a similar holiday for the sale of books.
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Events are always free and wheelchair accessible.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
2013 BOOKSTORE OF THE YEAR
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