Southern Backwardness Meets Present Day in ‘How to Survive A Summer’
A review of Nick White's debut novel about a Mississippi summer camp centered on gay conversion therapy.
Southern Gothic to the Extreme in ‘The Weight of Lies’
Emily Carpenter follows up 'Burying the Honeysuckle Girls' with another family drama, this one based in cult horror.
The Legend of the Albino Farm
A review of Mississippi writer Steve Yates' new "horror story turned inside-out."
Gaining Something “From Nothing”
Poet Sara Pirkle Hughes reviews Anya Krugovoy Silver's new collection 'From Nothing.'
Southern Tales of Mythic Proportions Come to Life in ‘The Vine That Ate the South’
Mandy Shunnarah reviews the new book by Legendary Shack Shakers frontman J.D. Wilkes and asks him about the Southern legends and folk demons that served as inspiration.
Kevin Wilson’s ‘Perfect Little World’
Tennessee author Kevin Wilson tells an intriguing story about a "family" that raises 10 children collectively.
Magic in ‘The Secret Ingredient of Wishes’
A delectable mix of magic, fate and what it means to belong, 'The Secret Ingredient of Wishes' is a gleaming illustration of the stories we all embody.
Accepting Your Place in ‘The Orphan Mother’
'The Orphan Mother' by Robert Hicks is a post-American Civil War story in divided Tennessee, where citizens and their families become wrapped up in a political war.
The Education of Dixie Dupree: On Loving, Leaving and Lying
A story of truths and lies, of good and bad, of fear and bravery, Donna Everhart's 'The Education of Dixie Dupree' is a moving narrative as fearless as its title character.
