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Jul 20, 2022 · Casey Cep writes about Richard and Lisa Howorth, the owners of Square Books, a bookstore in Oxford, Mississippi, that has gained wide renown for nurturing generations of Southern writers and...
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While much has changed since that initial book signing event in Oxford 28 years ago, Square Books owner Richard Howorth looks back fondly on memories that link Square Books to Grisham’s early career, and the special regard each still holds for the other.
Deep in their midst is Richard Howorth, the store’s indefatigable co-owner: chatting and laughing with a group of 20-somethings visiting from Jackson, helping an older customer track down an obscure title, restocking the shelves, and greeting customers old and new.
Square Books opened on the evening of September 14, 1979, in an upstairs location on the Oxford town square. Richard and Lisa Howorth had worked two years in self-apprenticeship at the Savile
The store's founder, Richard Howorth, often has remarked that much of the store's support from the community has been based on its ambition to overcome the stigma placed upon Ole Miss and Oxford after riots broke out on the campus when James Meredith desegregated the University in 1962.
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Jul 22, 2022 · In a long, informative, entertaining profile entitled " Letter from the South: The Bookseller Who Helped Transform Oxford, Mississippi ," the New Yorker tells the story of Richard Howorth (and a lot about his wife, Lisa), the owners of Square Books in Oxford, Miss.
