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Square Books

Founded in 1979. Independent forever.

About Me

SQUARE BOOKS opened on the evening of September 14, 1979, in an upstairs location on the Oxford town square by Richard and Lisa Howorth.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Discerning Readers; Authors; Book Collectors; Literature Enthusiasts

Music:

Thacker Mountain Radio

Books:

A few authors who have stopped by our store: Randall Keenan. Barry Hannah. George Plimpton. Martin Amis. Cynthia Shearer. Willie Morris. Tom Pizazza. Darcey Steinke. Daniel Woodrell. Stewart O'Nan. Donald Harington. John Sinclair.Jack Brannon. George Singleton. Ron Rash. David Anthony Durham.Greg Miller. Taylor Branch. Jack Pendarvis. Erik Larsen. William Gay David Galef. Peter Guralnick. Mitch Cohen. Orhan Pamuk. TR Pearson. Jessica Harris. JR Moehringer. Peter Mcinnis. The Kitchen Sisters. Kinky Friedman. Adriana Trigliani. Brad Watson. RW Apple. Howard Bahr. Steve Yarbrough. Billy Collins. James Carlos Blake. Tim Dorsey. Robert Stone. Percival Everett. Jere Hoar. Tom Franklin. Claude Wilkinson. Michael Knight. Adam Gussow. Susan Minot. Larry Brown. Elmore Leonard. Peter Guralnick. Celia Rivenbark. Jeffrey Lent. George Pelecanos. Monte Burke. Fergus Bordewich. Joshilyn Jackson. Jane Mullen. Paige Cothren. David Sansing. Ann Fisher-Wirth. Tom Bailey. Neal Pollack. NM Kelby. Julia Reed. Bill Dunlap. Louisa Dixon. Frederick Barthelme. Steven Barthelme. Tristan Egolf. Martin Hegwood. Ashley Warlick. Nicholas Rinaldi. Ken Wells. Barry Moser. Lewis Nordan. Tony Earley. Bill Fitzhugh. Doug Marlette. Anthony Grooms. Alan Gurganus. Joe Edd Morris. Chirs Offutt. Beth Ann Fennelly. Richard Flanagan. Suzanne Kingsbury. Neveda Barr. Elizabeth Dewberry. John Dufresne. Robert Olen Butler. James McBride. Shay Youngblood. Whitney Terrell. Will D Campbell. Rick Bass.. Robert Gatewood. Lee Smith. George Singleton. Donna Tartt. Ace Atkins. Steven Sherrill. Olympia Vernon. Nevada Barr. Andy Friedman. Sena Jeter Naslund. Larry Watson. Adam Johnson. Kevin Baker. Adrian McKinty. Dick Waterman. Suzanne Hudson. Sonny Brewer. Phillis Levin. TJ Stiles. Janisse Ray. Laurie Lynn Drummond. Dennis Covington. Hollis Gillespie. Roy Blount, Jr. Patrick McGrath. Rick Bragg. Robert St John. Mark Spragg. Sarah Messer. Samuel Charters. Bruce Nemerov. Bobbie Ann Mason. Donald Hays. Hal Crowther. Robert Hicks. Jill McCorkle.

My Blog

Top 20 Books of 2006 @ Square Books

It was no surprise that John Grisham's first-ever nonfiction legal thriller was Square Books number one selling book in 2006. Not bad for a book that published only a few months ago. Our store hosted ...
Posted by Square Books on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:24:00 PST

The Winners...

A special thanks to our judges, Charles McNair at Paste Magazine, Bess Reed at Regal Literary, Michael Signorelli at Ecco, and Annie Wedekin at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, for handling the daunting t...
Posted by Square Books on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:46:00 PST

Flash Fiction Finalists Announced

Thanks to everyone who submitted to Square Books' Flash Fiction contest. We received 82 entries from all over America, and a few from abroad. There are seventeen finalists. Entries ranged from surreal...
Posted by Square Books on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:23:00 PST