A review of Georgann Eubanks’ book, “Saving the Wild South: The Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction.”
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Facing the Music: The Ballad of North Carolina’s One-man Crime Wave
A review of Trevor McKenzie’s book, “Otto Wood, the Bandit: The Freighthopping Thief, Bootlegger, and Convicted Murderer Behind the Appalachian Ballads.”
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The Best Southern Books of October 2021
The best Southern books of October 2021.
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Margaret Renkl on Revising, Relatability, and Resisting Despair in “Graceland At Last”
An interview with Margaret Renkl regarding her new collection of essays, “Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South.”
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“Antiman” Takes Us on a Journey through Continents and Identities, Borders Be Damned
A review of Rajiv Mohabir’s new memoir, “Antiman.”
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“Where I Come From” Is Gentle, Full of Charms
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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“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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Looking Beyond the Lines: Suchitra Vijayan’s “Midnight’s Borders”
Suchitra Vijayan’s “Midnight’s Borders,” a book of narrative reportage, raises pertinent questions about the very foundations of India’s nationalism — the cartography of South Asian nation-states.
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Zilphia Horton: A Woman of Empathy, Compassion, and Connection
A review of “A Singing Army,” a biography of little-known activist Zilphia Horton and her time at the Highlander Folk School.
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Karen Salyer McElmurray’s “Voice Lessons” Finds Beauty in the Broken and Redefines the Self
A review of Karen Salyer McElmurray’s new memoir, “Voice Lessons.”
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