Humor from Crankshaft Most authors have faced the embarrassment of having no one–or very few people–buy their books at book…
Libraries, Bookstores, Communities, and our Social Brains Yesterday afternoon I had a wonderful experience at a small gathering of readers…
(Author friends, above, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Sally Palmer Thomason, and Suzanne Smith Henley, celebrating with me at Novel Books in…
Memphis author Susan Cushman will be reading and signing copies of her new short story collection, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY,…
This morning I finished reading my 29th book of 2017, New York Times Bestselling Author Patti Callahan Henry’s latest novel,…
I’m excited to kick off the fall with events for all three of my books, in Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee:…
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, coming of age in the 1950s and ’60s. It wasn’t until my freshman year…
In the wake of the news of The Booksellers at Laurelwood’s closing in Memphis, I’ve been sad and somewhat in…
I’m excited to have 11 literary events scheduled for 2017 so far, in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and North Carolina.…
I’m thinking of alternating “Wordless Wednesday” and “Writing on Wednesday” for hump day blog posts. Today I’ll do a little…