The best Southern nonfiction, poetry, and fiction of August 2022.
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Divisions and Distances in “Another Appalachia”
A review of Neema Avashia’s collection of essays, “Another Appalachia.”
Read MoreA review of Neema Avashia’s collection of essays, “Another Appalachia.”
Read MoreThe best Southern nonfiction, poetry, and fiction of August 2022.
Read More“The Tacky South,” a collection of essays edited by Katharine A. Burnett and Monica Carol Miller, features a wide range of writers examining instances of “tackiness” to explain how this particular aesthetic category has functioned over time, and with Dolly Parton as a recurring centerpiece.
Read MoreAn interview with Christopher Reali about “Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals.”
Read MoreA review of Jake Keiser’s memoir, “Daffodil Hill.”
Read MoreA review of Chris Belcher’s memoir, “Pretty Baby.”
Read MoreWith insight and humor, Emi Nietfeld’s memoir, “Acceptance,” interrogates the social structures that sometimes supported and frequently ensnared Nietfeld as a young woman.
Read MoreIn “Twilight in Hazard,” journalist Alan Maimon weaves political commentary, social analysis, and personal narrative of Appalachia.
Read MoreA review of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ book, “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” now available in paperback.
Read MoreThe best Southern books of July 2022.
Read MoreA review of James Still’s poetry collection, “Hounds on the Mountain,” reflecting on nature, life, death, self-sufficiency and survival.
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