Tracking Tennessee
On the heels of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival falls the great Southern playwright's birthday today.
Visiting Flannery O'Connor on her Birthday
Flannery O'Connor's birthday today marks the beginning of spring and the perfect time to visit the landmarks of her life in Georgia.
Literary Friday, Edition 49
A Tennessee Williams-inspired cocktail recipe. Why Confederacy of Dunces isn't a movie yet. Zelda Fitzgerald gets a comic book. Our new list of annual literary events across the South. And an essay about searching for the Ramos Gin Fizz in New Orleans in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
The Elusive Ramos Gin Fizz
by Robert Iulo My father, who had been to New Orleans when he was in the Marines told us, “The best advice I can give you to make you trip memorable is to find an old time bartender and order a Ramos Gin Fizz"
Nights in Texas
by Annie Neugebauer Trying to catch the lull between August heat and the far side of gloaming, I tug weed after weed
Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Shrimp
Taste the single bite that won barbecue legend Melissa Cookston $5,000 at the Kingsford Invitational Barbecue Competition?
6 Bands to Listen to Now
Ranging from soul, gospel and instrumental to experimental, these six bands are redefining what it means for music to be Southern.
Gardening With Jack Daniel's
Over the weekend, a friend told me about Jack Daniel's whiskey barrels being sold at Home Depot as planters. The Lafayette store had plenty of them, priced at $31.99, so I picked up two on Sunday for planting my tomatoes.