Pete Beatty’s exhilarating, laugh-out-loud debut novel, “Cuyahoga,” gives birth to literature’s next great tall-tale hero, Big Son.
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A Community Defined by Fear and Suspicion in “How Fire Runs”
Set in Trump-era Tennessee, Charles Dodd White’s “How Fire Runs” follows a small town’s struggle against white supremacy.
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Charles U. Daly on Collaboration, Coming Home from War, and “Make Peace or Die”
An interview with Charles U. Daly and his son and co-author, Charlie, on his new book “Make Peace or Die.”
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The Best Southern Books of November 2020
The best new Southern novels, poetry collections, and nonfiction books of November 2020.
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Call and Response in ‘How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America’
Kiese Laymon’s ‘How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America’ is a conversation that takes place on and off the page.
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John Lane on Invoking the Woods as a Character in “Whose Woods These Are”
An interview with John Lane on his latest novel “Whose Woods These Are.”
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Variations of Faithfulness in “The Age of Infidelity”
An interview with Valerie Sayers on her recent story collection “The Age of Infidelity.”
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The Rise and Fall of a Southern Hotbed of Vice
In “The Vapors,” David Hill tells the all-but-forgotten story of the Arkansas town that punched far above its weight as one of America’s early playgrounds for the rich and famous – and for millions of others who wanted to hobnob with the one percent.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2020
From tall tales to witches, here are the best new Southern books of October 2020.
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Rebecca McClanahan on Scientific and Imaginative Observations and “In the Key of New York City”
An interview with Rebecca McClanahan on her new memoir in essays “In the Key of New York City.”
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