Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin has a new short story collection coming out on June 12—The Mutual UFO Network. I’ve…
I had never heard the Latin phrase, “memento mori,”until a couple of weeks ago when we were in New Orleans,…
I am beyond thrilled with the first two reviews for SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING! Ed Tarkington’s review at Chapter 16,…
It’s almost May. But before we say goodbye to April, I have one final event at which I’ will be…
I’m in New Orleans for a few days, thanks to my husband who is speaking at the American College of…
I just finished reading the oral biography, My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy, as told to Katherine Clark. I was interested…
When I read Kathryn’s Stockett’s book, The Help—set in my home town of Jackson, Mississippi—and then watched the movie, with…
This week marks the 60th year that America has celebrated NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. Back in the 1950s, Americans (like ME!)…
I’m so excited to be leading three workshops and two panels at two writer’s conferences this summer: Alabama Writer’s Conclave,…
As a member of the Orthodox Christian Church, I’d like to share a brief note about Iakovos, former Archbishop of…