10 Big-Time Literary Drunks. Writing about the grotesque, a big announcement from Joshilyn Jackson, the world premiere of a new documentary about Alice Walker and a review of “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” in Literary News. Wendy Wax and the New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival in Literary Events. And a pair of poems in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Farewell to an independent bookstore in Alabama’s Literary Capital. Johnny Depp, Harper Lee and Myrtle Beach in Literary News. FIVE book giveaways. Dining among rare books in Literary Events, plus some big booksignings this weekend & new fiction in Southern Voice. It’s time for Literary Friday!

Literary bands. The release of new summer reads. Our next Twitter chat. Book giveaways. (Un)required reading, including 100 of the best first lines from novels. Remembering William Faulkner in literary events & new fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

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