1) Dan Bejar plays the Earl.
2) TINY Bistro hosts a South American wine tasting.
3) Tori Amos performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.
4) Richard Doster discusses his book, Crossing the Lines, at Decatur Library.
5) Behind the Cels: Selections from SCAD’s Don Bluth Collection continues at Gallery See.
(Photo by Ted Bois)
1) Under the Sea continues at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.
2) Richard Doster discusses his book, Crossing the Lines, at Opal Gallery.
3) Puppets Take Atlanta & Beyond kicks off with The Box? A Show of Feelings.
4) Only Dick, No Jane continues at Trois Gallery.
5) Public Enemies continues in area theaters.
(Photo © Jeff Wildermuth/Warner Bros. Entertainment)
1) FWD continues at Dad’s Garage Theatre.
2) Wolf Parade performs at Variety Playhouse.
3) Richard Doster discusses Safe at Home at Decatur Library.
4) Vinocity features three to four selections in its $5 flight night.
5) Macon Greyson, Straw Widower and Herman Put Down the Gun perform at Smith’s Olde Bar.
(Photo by Linnea Frye)
Local writer Richard Doster has just published his first novel, Safe at Home. Safe follows Jack Hall, a sportswriter in small-town Whitney, Miss., during the 1950s. Both Hall and the town are transformed when the 17-year-old black baseball player Percy Jackson is signed to Whitney’s minor-league Bobcats. Doster is also the editor of byFaith, the official magazine of the Presbyterian Church. He comes to the Decatur Library on Mon., July 28 at 7 p.m.
Safe at Home is your first book. Where did you get the idea to write it, and what kind of research did you do?
A few years ago major league baseball celebrated an anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s life. I don’t remember if it was his birth or death or signing with the Dodgers, but it piqued my interest, motivated me to explore what he’d gone through.
Second, every summer my wife Sally and I take a minor league baseball trip. We love the Atlanta Braves, but there’s something especially charming about minor league baseball. It’s more intimate, you’re close to the players, the people, the promotions, sometimes even the food is homier than you find in the big leagues. If you’re a baseball fan, you savor that kind of experience. (more…)
