5 Books That Perfectly Capture Southern Life
Immerse yourself in the strange land of the South no matter where you read these books.
The Fragile Case of Harper Lee & Why Go Set A Watchman Isn't Exactly Great News
Don't get me wrong. I was as excited as the next person when news broke about Harper Lee's sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird earlier this week. What a thrill to be able to read something else by Lee and imagine Scout all grown up. But with the news comes concern and a bit of suspicion about the circumstances of Go Set a Watchman and Lee's real intentions. Here are the facts: Lee is almost deaf and blind living in a nursing home in Monroeville. Her sister, Alice, who served as her legal protector, died just three months ago. And since the publishing of Mockingbird, Lee has gone to great lengths to stay out of the limelight and also stated in the past that she said everything she had to say in one book. The rest of the story is rumor and conjecture, but it's worth considering, especially for devoted fans who truly care about Harper Lee. This publishing of a new book seems to be a continuation of last year's news that Lee was suing her hometown museum. In fact, a series of lawsuits in recent years started with one in which Lee claimed she signed a document she didn't mean to
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.
Take a Fall Pilgrimage to Natchez
Natchez Pilgrimage Tours showcases historic homes, landmarks and literary history each fall and spring.
At the Southern Literary Table
Talking pickled peaches, greens, coconut cake and more foods that are essential to Southern literature.
Chicago Journalist Uncovers the Literary Mystery of Harper Lee
Marja Mills' new book The Mockingbird Next Door offers an inside look at the reclusive writer and her life in Monroeville, Alabama.
Literary Friday, Edition 105
Remembering Maya Angelou, To Kill A Mockingbird gets the axe in England, ultimate summertime reads, Mary Kay Andrews "Save the Date" launch party in Atlanta this weekend and new fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Harper Lee Sues Her Hometown
Is the real-life Maycomb exploiting its connection to To Kill A Mockingbird?
Literary Friday, Edition 54
Celebrating Harper Lee's birthday. National Poetry Month news & another chapbook giveaway. Reese Witherspoon and the fallibility of the Southern woman, Gatsby Girls and the most well-read cities in Literary News. The South Carolina Book Festival in Literary Events & a new poem in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Not Our Kind of Folks: Southern Soundscapes in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Music, class and literacy in Harper Lee's timeless novel by Carrie Allen Tipton.