He calls it his most important work. The Book of Marie by Terry Kay is an epistolary novel that spans fifty years of Cole Bishop’s […] Read More
Tag: Southern Literature
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia by William Rawlings I met William Rawlings at a literary […] Read More
I’ve found myself recommending this book a couple of times lately, so I thought I would make it official and write a brief review. There […] Read More
Patti Callahan Henry was among the first authors I reviewed when I started this blog way back when. I had the opportunity to sit with […] Read More
Wolfe may be right that you can’t go home again, but re-reading Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road took me right back to Dr. Hitchcock’s Southern Lit class […] Read More
Pat Conroy’s My Reading Life will inspire all readers. In this memoir, he chronicles the people who influenced his reading and writing habits – driving […] Read More
So even after my mom raved about Ron Rash’s Serena, I’ve finally just now gotten around to reading it. Some of you who have been […] Read More
This guest review was graciously provided my one of my book club sistas, M. I am a music educator by trade. To put it poetically, […] Read More
As I write this, Jeffrey Stepakoff is celebrating the debut of The Orchard at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA. It is planned to be […] Read More
Joshilyn Jackson hits another home run with Backseat Saints. Like The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Jackson takes on a more serious topic, domestic abuse – […] Read More