I just got a signed copy of Corey Mesler’s wonderful new book of poetry, Vitamins for Ygdrasil and Other Poems.…
The Tradition This is a tradition inspired many years ago by Corey Mesler, poet, novelist, and owner of Burke’s Books…
Coastal Alabama Authors Check In A couple of weeks ago I did a post with entries from three authors who…
What, and How Are They Doing? For the past two weeks I’ve posted entries from 13 authors who contributed essays…
Nonfiction 23: Fiction 20 This is my third year to compile an end-of-year list of the books I read during…
Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…
Last week I shared some sneak previews from a new anthology I edited, SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING, coming from University…
Last Thursday night I had the wonderful blessing of hearing Corey Mesler read from his latest poetry collection, Among the…
On August 19 I was on two panels at the 2017 Mississippi Book Festival. I moderated one panel, “Her Story,”…
April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite poetry collections by contemporary (mostly southern)…