After more than 30 years as a visual artist, Donna Mintz has written her first book,  'Stars at Noon,' out now from Mercer University Press. Her path from artist to published author began with a reading of James Agee's “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” alone on a Tennessee porch, a decade ago. WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott talked with Mintz about what she had to learn — and unlearn — moving from clay and glass to the page, and what she hopes readers carry with them. 📖 

After more than 30 years as a visual artist, Donna Mintz has written her first book,&nbsp; 'Stars at Noon,' out now from Mercer University Press. Her path from artist to published author began with a reading of James Agee's &ldquo;Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,&rdquo; alone on a Tennessee porch, a decade ago. WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott talked with Mintz about what she had to learn &mdash; and unlearn &mdash; moving from clay and glass to the page, and what she hopes readers carry with them. 📖&nbsp;

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Each week, WABE Arts features stories of art and culture in Atlanta.

Each week, WABE Arts features stories of&nbsp;art and culture in Atlanta.