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Lemuria
Lemuria is a Jackson-based bookstore that has been around since 1975, and at its current location in Banner Hall since 1988. Lemuria offers numerous rare first editions and autographed books for sale and often hosts literary events such as author-readings and newspaper parties. The store takes its name from the mythical lost continent which saw the birth of human literature.
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We love Lemuria’s independence. Locally owned, and supporting our local writers, Lemuria’s staff and store offers Jackson alternate shelves to what big box’s tell us to read. Lemuria’s first edition club will get you a monthly signed first-edition book; past features include John Grisham, Jill Conner Browne and Sonny Brewer’s “Blue Moon Café’.” Each week, book lovers can attend a signing and reading by both up-and-coming and established authors.
--Emily Braden
(Best of Jackson, Best Place to Buy Books 2007)
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L - Location, on the second floor of Banner Hall
E - Every author who comes to sign and read new books
M - Many who find what they want, one and all
U - Uniqueness you experience when you take a look
R - Reading you will do once you’ve made your selection
I - Individual books to discover, both fact and fiction
A - Lemuria is all that
I - Igniting the minds of readers, young and old
S - Selection, staff and service, truth be told
T – Time spent browsing or seated in the comfortable space
H - Hundreds of special volumes lining the walls in the dotcom annex
E - Eudora Welty and the wealth of her works about our home place
B - Blue Moon Café where writers and readers dine on stories each August
E - Evans, as in John, Lemuria’s owner—surely he deserves a bronze bust
S - Sammiches and beer when Jill Conner Browne’s reads from her latest SPQ
T - Time to visit Lemuria—that’s the truth I’m telling you.
—Lynette Hanson
(Best of Jackson, Best Bookstore 2006)
Location
4465 I 55 North, Banner Hall, 601-366-7619
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