MS SC576

Recognizes Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, founded by Richard and Lisa Howorth in 1979, for receiving the 20th Anniversary Publishers Weekly "Bookstore of the Year Award" for 2013

Square Books operates three storefronts on Oxford's historic Town Square and hosts the "Thacker Mountain Radio" show, the Annual Oxford Conference on the Book, and Camp Square Books for adults

The bookstore specializes in literature about Mississippi and the South, and has hosted readings and book signings by notable authors including Toni Morrison, William Styron, Allen Ginsberg, and Alice Walker since its opening in September 1979

Richard Howorth previously served as Mayor of Oxford and was involved with the American Booksellers Association; General Manager Lyn Roberts served as a board member of the Independent Booksellers Consortium

Resolution directs that this recognition be presented to Richard and Lisa Howorth, the Mayor and City Council of Oxford, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps