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Thacker Mountain Radio - Reading from Shimmer

Aug.31.2009

Reading from Shimmer on Thacker Mountain Radio.

Thacker Mountain Radio is a live, unrehearsed broadcast that features author readings and a wide array of musical performances. The FREE show is taped and broadcast every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. during the fall and spring before an audience of 200, who are seated in wooden chairs inside Off Square Books. Visit the show at 129 Courthouse Square in Oxford, Mississippi. Tune into the live broadcast on Rebel Radio 92.1 FM, or listen to the rebroadcast on Saturdays on Mississippi Public Radio at 7 p.m.

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Comments from Eric

Jun.17.2010 - 9:20 pm
In response to: Shimmer: Now In Easy-To-Open "Paperback" Edition
Eric Barnes - Thanks very much. And congratulations on the new book.

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