Books Read in 2023

The Tradition This is a tradition inspired many years ago by Corey Mesler, poet, novelist, and owner of Burke’s Books…

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More Southern Writers in Isolation

Coastal Alabama Authors Check In A couple of weeks ago I did a post with entries from three authors who…

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2019 End of Year Book List

Nonfiction 23: Fiction 20 This is my third year to compile an end-of-year list of the books I read during…

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Blurb Slut

Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…

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Ten (Mostly Southern) Contemporary Poets to Inspire You This Month #npm17

April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite poetry collections by contemporary (mostly southern)…

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