Twitter Chat with Tim Westover. A review of ‘Dixie Bohemia.’ The Scarlett O’Hara School of Self Deception in (Non)Required Reading. Haunted libraries, Flannery O’Connor & As I Lay Dying in Literary News. Telling tales in Literary Events & creative nonfiction about a claw-foot tub in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Pics from our Mississippi booksignings road trip. Winners of If Jack’s In Love. James Franco’s As I Lay Dying filming in Mississippi. The trailer for Lawless. A Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lots of bookish lists, literary events & new fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Last night the Kimberly Brock/Grits And Soul review finished up its book tour at TurnRow Book Co. in Greenwood, Mississippi. A truly beautiful space with the touch of a professional designer, the bookstore has two levels, with books on the bottom and a cafe on top.

This week, Deep South is in Mississippi following “The River Witch” booksigning tour. Last night, author Kimberly Brock read a few passages and signed books at Lemuria Books in Jackson.

Pics of literary beaches across the South. Another Twitter chat. A big list of literary spoilers, plus a playlist for “The River Witch.” Literary events & new fiction about summertime mischief in Southern Voice. Literary Friday is here!