I was so excited yesterday when Jeffrey Stepakoff messaged me and offered to send several signed galleys of The Orchard – his latest novel due […] Read More
Tag: Southern Literature
Some would say it is the most unlikely of friendships. He’s best known for his years crafting men from boys on the gridiron. She’s known […] Read More
Bloodroot is Amy Greene’s first novel and the first four pages of the paperback version of this national bestseller is packed with praise from the […] Read More
Here’s the short take. It was too long – the 500+ pages could have easily been cut to 300. I felt he tried to repeat many of the things he got right in Prince of Tides. He hates his father, is conflicted over his mother – maybe even has a little of the Oedipus thing going. He loves the south, and wants (maybe needs?) to prove his southern-ness.
Flannery O’Connor once said (paraphrased): “When you’re from the South, it isn’t a matter of if there are freaks in your family, it is just […] Read More
This month America celebrates the 50-year anniversary of one of the staples of our literary history – To Kill a Mockingbird. Many 8th and 9th […] Read More
Patients should trust their doctors, right? When a doctor says you need a specific treatment to save something as important as your vision, you should […] Read More
Have you ever gotten the feeling when reading a book, that what is in your hands is an earlier written manuscript that the author has […] Read More
Rebecca Wells’ Ya-Yas in Bloom was the perfect audio book. Until it wasn’t. Just into the second CD I realized that this was an abridged […] Read More
On Tuesday night, I went to a local reading / signing featuring Kathryn Stockett of The Help. It is always fun to meet the face […] Read More