Rick Bragg’s collection of essays, “Where I Come From,” is, as he claims in his prologue, about “the South’s gentler, easier nature,” covering everything from Tupperware to pick-up trucks, to pigs’ feet and po’boys.
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Amy R. Martin is a nonfiction writer, screenwriter, and script consultant. Her essay "Green Light" was published in Literary Mama magazine in 2015. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, an MHS from The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and a BA from Brown University. She lives in Vienna, Virginia.
“Wildwood Whispers” Is a Paean to the Wilderness
Willa Reece’s recent novel, “Wildwood Whispers,” weaves together feminism, romance and environmentalism.
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“This Life” Draws Attention to Life Behind Bars and the Transcendent Power of Rap
A review of Quntos KunQuest’s debut novel, “This Life.”
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Elizabeth Spencer: “A Veritable Seurat of Southern Life”
A review of Modern Library’s reissued edition of Elizabeth Spencer’s collection of short stories, “The Southern Woman.”
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Dysfunction, Redemption and Family in “Olympus, Texas”
Stacey Swann’s debut novel, “Olympus, Texas,” is a modern reimagining of some of the myths about the gods of Mount Olympus, set in a rural Texas town.
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Exploring the Absurdity and Tragic Comedy of Florida, A Misunderstood State
A review of Tyler Gillespie’s new collection of essays, “The Thing About Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State.”
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Shannon Sullivan and Others Advocate for “Philosophy in/of the South” in Latest Collection of Essays
Thinking the US South is a compendium of ten thoroughly researched and referenced essays by U.S.-based professional academic philosophers writing from Southern perspectives in regard to the South.
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Racing Inexorably Downhill: The Life of Bonnie Parker in Christina Schwarz’s “Bonnie: A Novel”
An interview with Christina Schwarz about her latest release, “Bonnie: A Novel.”
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Julia Nitz on “Belles and Poets”: “Literary Allusion is Cultural Currency”
An interview with Julia Nitz on her new book “Belles and Poets: Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women.”
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“The Wife Upstairs” Is a Thrill Ride
Rachel Hawkins’ debut adult novel “The Wife Upstairs” is a reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ set in modern-day Birmingham, Alabama.
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