Midtown's Rafshoon Named Decatur Book Festival Program Director

Former Outwrite Bookstore owner to lead programming for the largest independent book festival in the country.

During the week that he witnessed the Midtown space that for 15 years housed his longtime independent gay and lesbian bookstore open as a restaurant and lounge, Philip Rafshoon has taken on a new literary challenge. Earlier this year, financial hard times caught up Rafshoon’s Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse and he was forced to shutter its doors for good. But if there’s something the Midtown businessman knows, it is books, and that is evidenced by this week’s announcement that the AJC Decatur Book Festival (AJC DBF) has named Rafshoon as its new program director. Effective January 1, 2013, Rafshoon will replace Terra Elan McVoy, a best-selling young adult author who held the position for two years. McVoy resigned her position to dedicate …

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