(Photo of Susan with Jen Bradner, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Sally Palmer Thomason, and Suzanne Henley at the launch for A…
Libraries, Bookstores, Communities, and our Social Brains Yesterday afternoon I had a wonderful experience at a small gathering of readers…
Pat Conroy, Angels, and Golden Bridges Whenever I speak at a bookstore or library about one of my books, someone…
Five years ago yesterday I drove down to Fairhope, Alabama, to get together with a group of folks who were…
I’m off this morning to Orange Beach, Alabama, where I’m speaking at the 2018 Conference of the Alabama Writers Conclave…
This week I will be joining four of the twenty-six contributors to SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING at two events in…
I’m so excited to be leading three workshops and two panels at two writer’s conferences this summer: Alabama Writer’s Conclave,…
I hope you’ve been following my series of excerpts from SOUTHERN WRITERS ON WRITING (coming from University Press of Mississippi…
And essays. Which is why I love anthologies. The first anthology in which I was published was Circling Faith: Southern…
So, I was in Nashville (Brentwood, actually) Saturday at a book event for A Second Blooming at Barnes and Noble,…