Review of "Washed in the Water: Tales from the South"
Nancy Hartney’s debut collection is “a gathering of women” that meanders like a slow, drunk river through the Old South.
Faulkner & Flannery Notes – Week 3
Spring 2014 Books & Film Class Topic – Faulkner & Flannery: Exploring the Southern Gothic Held Wednesdays through February 26 at UL Lafayette Instructor: Dr. Mary Ann Wilson Notes will be updated each Friday through February 28; comment to join in the discussion. We moved on to the Faulkner portion in this week's class, with discussion on three of his short stories and a viewing of two films based on them. The stories included his most famous, "A Rose for Emily," "Barn Burning" and "That Evening Sun." Part of the reason I'm taking this class is to expand my reading and understanding of Faulkner. His short stories — and especially these three — are the perfect place to start. "A Rose For Emily" is probably the best for showing how O'Connor was influenced by Faulkner. Southern Gothic and macabre to the max, it reads like a classic horror movie. In fact, there is a short film version of the story from 1983, starring Angelica Huston. The earliest of Faulkner's stories and the first to be published in a national magazine, "A Rose for Emily" has all of his typical themes: the relationship between parents and children, class divisions and a timeframe based on perception rather than
Literary Friday, Edition 91
A giveaway for Love and Lament. The Nicholas Sparks Novel Showdown and 50 Sexy Books in Literary News. Savannah Book Festival this weekend in events, and a story about a new dad's love for cigarettes in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
I’m Sorry, There’s No Smoking
The hospital smelled like gauze and sterility. Beanie busted through the door of the delivery room wearing the blue backwards gown that flapped in the back whenever it wanted, and the shower cap and booties. He put his hat on over the shower cap. His walk had a new swagger as he sauntered down the long white and gray hallway to the nursery
Woodrow Wilson Home Reopens to the Public
Just in time for President's Day, South Carolina's only presidential site opens its doors on February 15.
Kentucky Sweets: Bourbon Balls, Spoonbread & Mile High Pie
Inside a new cookbook that celebrates the sugar-laden back roads and bakery-lined main streets of the Bluegrass State.
Fashion Forward South: New Orleans
Designer Andi Eaton takes us on a stylish jaunt through New Orleans, as Fashion Week approaches in several Southern cities.
Faulkner & Flannery Notes – Week 2
Class was canceled last week due to the wintery weather down here in South Louisiana, but we resumed on February 5 for a discussion of Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away.