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!

by Kathleen Lewis
The phone rang and she answered it. It was her mother.
“Meriweather, I hope I’m not calling too early.”