A review of the first-ever biography of John Kennedy Toole PLUS a Twitter chat with the author today. A Southern Sin Essay Contest. Stephen Colbert remembers Maurice Sendak. Florida county libraries ban “Fifty Shades of Grey” and more literary news. Book giveaways and a new story in Southern Voice about a conversation between mother and daughter. It’s Literary Friday!

An interview with Cory MacLauchlin and review of his new biography on John Kennedy Toole, “Butterfly in the Typewriter,” by Hunter Murphy.

Announcing the Helen Keller in Love winner. Summer reading & a BIG giveaway. Upcoming Twitter chats. Inside the App: James Lee Burke. Dish on the True Blood Cookbook. Southern lit in the news, literary events & new fiction by never-before-published Tom Honea. It’s time for Literary Friday!

The best beach reads, mysteries, chick lit and new releases from down South.

A special giveaway of “Helen Keller in Love.” Inside the App: Ivy Green. “The Raven” in theaters. Summer reading & the real-life “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” townhouse in the news. It’s time for Literary Friday!