In this interview, Lynchburg, VA, poet and writer Hannah Cohen discusses poetry as “an ongoing evolution of the relationship between the self and the written word.”
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The Best Southern Books of March 2023
The best Southern books of March 2023.
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True Crime Docuseries “Low Country” Tells Only Part of the Story
A review of the documentary series, “Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty.”
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The Dust Holds Mystery in “Dog on Fire”
Terese Svoboda’s newest novel, set in the Great Plains, is an apt metaphor for the prevailing psychological state of a rural community and, in particular, the family of the story’s primary narrator.
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Rediscovering Zora Neale Hurston: Author and Anthropologist
In a new nonfiction text, Jennifer L. Freeman Marshall offers a “deep, intensive, and knowledgeable lens through which to view Hurston’s legacy.”
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Choices, Trauma and Raw Emotion Combine in “The Farewell Tour”
Author Stephanie Clifford creates an emotionally gripping story of a country music star on the decline.
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Reenvisioning Shakespeare with Peter Brook’s “Tip of the Tongue”
A review of “Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning” by Peter Brook.
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Entering the Dream State: A Review of Hannah Lillith Assadi’s The Stars Are Not Yet Bells
In this magical realism novel, the past and the present mingle in a maddening mashup of memories and sensations.
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Leah Angstman on Embracing the Imperfect Side of History
The author of the historical fiction short “histories” collection “Shoot the Horses First” shares her approach to including the darker sides of history in her work.
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“The In-Betweens” Is Intimate and Honest
Davon Loeb’s memoir, “The In-Betweens,” pulses with life and truth.
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