Larry D. Thacker’s fictional Labor County brims with the weird and wondrous
…to really be into roller derby. There’s a museum called the Odditorium. Labor County, then, is like most any other place in the world, real or imagined. Weird. Which is…
Humor and peril collide in The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus
…town of Falls, North Carolina — Gurganus’ home state. Fans of his previous work — including the national bestseller Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and, most recently, 2013’s trio…
Southern Word connects young people to their voices, each other
…people to write and connect writing to purpose.” Carmen Ridley Being young can already feel isolating, frightening, and uncertain on any given day. Add a pandemic and heightened awareness of…
Book Excerpt: Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story
…of women.” So this one Sunday morning back sometime before most of us were born, Thornton Prince III came in from a long night of catting around, and he told…
Colin Dayan discusses the obsessions that shape her work
…society that lauds motherhood also destroys natural mother-love. Is that a fair reading? Colin Dayan: Does that same racist patriarchal society that lauds motherhood also destroy natural mother-love? I think…
Corey Mesler’s hippie poet returns in The Adventures of Camel Jeremy Eros
…Camel’s sexual prowess can grow tiring, yet the novel’s love story — between Camel and Allen, a “witchy and willowy” sculptor — is surprisingly moving. The book’s voice is conversational…
