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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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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End of Year Book List for 2018

So, last year I posted my book list, showing that I had read 44 books in 2017. Not sure what…

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Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

Writing from Seagrove Beach, Florida this Thanksgiving weekend feels like writing from home. I’m staying in the location where I…

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Warming Up to Adele (and short story collections)

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I have published four books, with four different publishers—two university presses…

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2018 Releases from SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING Authors

Eight of the twenty-six authors who contributed essays (and the Foreword) to Southern Writers on Writing have new books out…

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