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Decatur Writers Smile for the Camera

The Decatur Book Festival arranged the "Great Day in Decatur" photo session at the old DeKalb Courthouse.

Decatur's literary community gathered for a family photo Thursday afternoon.

The Decatur Book Festival invited all published authors in the 30030 zip code to the old DeKalb Courthouse for

The photo was inspired by the "Great Day in Harlem" photo that showed New York City jazz musicians gathered for a picture in the 1950s.

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The book festival will be held over Labor Day Weekend, with events on and around the Decatur Square. , a professor at Emory University and the recently appointed U.S. poet laureate, .


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