Regardless of whether one might know Gilmore’s rural world intimately or not, “The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush” is an easy book to feel a kinship with because of its warmth — full of love, hope, kindness, and community.
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The Southern Summer Book Club: “Behind the Waterline”
The first edition of The Southern Summer Book Club with Bradley Sides focusing on Kionna Walker LeMalle’s novel, “Behind the Waterline.”
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In ‘Hello Down There,’ Addiction Is a Metaphor That Questions Language and Daily Life
An interview with author Michael Parker on the reprint of his first novel, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Prize in 1993.
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An Exploration of Grief and Possibility in Heather Frese’s “The Saddest Girl on the Beach”
A review of Heather Frese’s new novel, “The Saddest Girl on the Beach.”
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Julia Ridley Smith’s “Sex Romp Gone Wrong” Doesn’t Just Tease; It Delivers
A favorite writing teacher, one particularly enamored with short stories, once told me never to approach a collection with the expectation that all, or even most, will be good. He’d said one, two tops, is all you can reasonably ask for. Not every story in “Sex Romp Gone Wrong” carries emotional heft or grace, but a surprising number of them come close and are destined to be read again and again.
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“The Gods of Green County”: Faith, Community and Sanity in the Depression-Era South
A review of Mary Elizabeth Pope’s book, “The Gods of Green County.”
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“Fight Songs” Explores the South’s History of Racism and its Relationship to Sports
A review of Ed Southern’s new book, “Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South.”
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