Eight of the twenty-six authors who contributed essays (and the Foreword) to Southern Writers on Writing have new books out…
Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin has a new short story collection coming out on June 12—The Mutual UFO Network. I’ve…
This week marks the 60th year that America has celebrated NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. Back in the 1950s, Americans (like ME!)…
Eleven years ago this August I went to the first Mississippi Writers Guild Conference in Clinton, Mississippi. It was pivotal…
And essays. Which is why I love anthologies. The first anthology in which I was published was Circling Faith: Southern…
Last Wednesday I did a post about Joe Formichella, one of two authors I’ll be hosting for a literary salon…
I went to church last night. But not to the Orthodox Church where I usually go for the healing of…
Unusual. Odd. Offbeat. Those are words that Don Noble used in his review of Wendy Reed’s new book, An Accidental…