“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.
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A review of Chris Belcher’s memoir, “Pretty Baby.”
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A review of Jake Keiser’s memoir, “Daffodil Hill.”
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With insight and humor, Emi Nietfeld’s memoir, “Acceptance,” interrogates the social structures that sometimes supported and frequently ensnared Nietfeld as a young woman.
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In “Twilight in Hazard,” journalist Alan Maimon weaves political commentary, social analysis, and personal narrative of Appalachia.
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The best Southern books of July 2022.
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A review of “The American Southern Gothic on Screen” by Karen Horsley.
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A review of Erin Kimmerle’s book, “We Carry Their Bones.”
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A review of “Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind a Raisin in the Sun” by Charles J. Sheilds.
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Mary Laura Philpott’s latest essay collection, “Bomb Shelter,” is a book about loving so much it hurts.
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