In David James Poissant’s Lake Life, a family’s farewell to their summer home leads to traumatic reckoning
…that Richard had an affair but can’t bring herself to confront him. Michael feels betrayed by Diane for allowing herself to get pregnant, despite their pledge never to have children…
Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural pays unique tribute to Dolly Parton
…star, but also to flee hardship and the confining strictures around her personal choices — also involved a powerful return home. Parton shows unshakeable commitment to her Smoky Mountain homeland…
Chris Hamby recounts miners’ fight for health benefits in Soul Full of Coal Dust
…were unconventional – X-ray readings, CT scans, unreported diagnoses. And while company defense attorneys had limitless financial resources and time to appeal, the fragile plaintiffs might be investing the final…
Writers of color consider what it means to belong in the South
…their homemaking. In “Duos,” Devi Laskar describes her North Carolina childhood home as West Bengal in the South, filled with the aroma of buffalo carp and ground spices. Regina Bradley…
The meaning of the Southern Festival of Books in a season of loss
…Often when we say, “I can’t wait to read this,” what we mean is that we can’t wait to be alone — for the world to fall away and be…
Lisa Donovan’s memoir is never short of passion
“In the morning, there is a quiet light and an almost ethereal hum in a restaurant kitchen,” says Nashville writer Lisa Donovan in her new book, Our Lady of Perpetual…
