Southern Writers on Gambling
From riverboats to the poker table, here's what Southern writers like Twain had to say about a good game.
Discover Mark Twain in Hannibal, Missouri
Start at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum on your tour of the writer's hometown.
Missouri’s 5 Best Places
Beauty, relaxation and some creative inspiration await in the Show Me state.
Southern Literary Classics With Great Audiobook Versions
Not all audiobooks live up to expectations, but some narrators can offer a whole new depth of experience.
Celebrating FLOOD and the Fourth of July With Melissa Scholes Young
Set in the land of Mark Twain, author Melissa Scholes Young's debut novel 'FLOOD' combines the best of summertime with the power of a good story.
Literary Friday, Edition 198
Win a Mississippi Getaway, read a new book about Mark Twain's comedy tour and meet Flannery O'Connor's No. 1 fan, plus St. Louis's Tennessee Williams Festival this weekend & new fiction.
Literary Friday, Edition 178
Ashton Lee's Christmas Gift Author of The Cherry Cola Book Club series and most recently A Cherry Cola Christmas, Ashton Lee guest posts this week about his quirky Mississippi family tradition. Find out how the term "Christmas gift" took on a whole new meaning in his family and share your own traditions when we chat with him on Twitter next week (more details coming soon). And if you're looking for an uplifting holiday read, pick up A Cherry Cola Christmas, where a special meeting of the Cherry Cola Book Club invites the town of Cherico, Mississippi, to a potluck to share food and stories in an effort to raise the townspeople's spirits. Literary News Kiese Laymon writes about Da Art Of Storytellin' in The Oxford American, accompanied by an original portrait of Outkast. The New Yorker compiles The Ten Best Weather Events in Fiction, and y'all know a hurricane made the list. Mental Floss goes Inside FBI Classified Spy Files on 10 Authors. Can you guess which revolution Capote was suspected of having ties to? In honor of Mark Twain's birthday this week, Open Culture discusses his Patented Inventions for Bra Straps and Other Everyday Items. A long lost play written by William Faulkner was discovered at the University of Virginia. And the
10 Gifts for Southern Lit Lovers
For that person on your list with bookshelves lined with Faulkner, Flannery or Twain, this gift guide is just what you need to complete your holiday shopping.
Literary Friday, Edition 103
Debut of the 2014 Deep South Summer Reading List, Chipotle's author series and 'Goosebumps' the movie in Literary News, plus a Gabriel Garcia Marquez tribute in Georgia and a short short about a hammock. Happy Literary Friday!
7 Short Reads of Southern Fiction
Put those big books down. These short stories represent some of the best ever written about the South and offer the chance for escape without the commitment of an entire novel.
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