…arranged like antique buttons on wax paper. I’ve never made candy and wasn’t there as she clipped the thermometer to the side of the saucepan, as she stirred the sugar/corn…
Divinity
Sometimes an actual goodbye is beside the point
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Cracking the Code
Gordon A. Martin revisits United States v. Lynd, the civil rights case that forever changed the South
…dismay over having been denied their rights and offer their appraisals of the current state of the civil-rights movement. Other parts of Count Them One by One analyze the intricate…
Chasing Tales
Ray Trotter’s short story collection of Southern gems shines
…by many throughout the South. The gossipy tone and the humorous undercurrent also help shroud the story in tall tale-esque lore reminiscent of some of the best standup storytellers. Trotter’s…
Muscadine Vines
Monic Ductan gathers stories of tangled small-town legacies in Daughters of Muscadine
…she sank a three after popping the ball into the air, quick as lightning off the dribble.” The fates of Pearl and Lucy reverberate within the narratives of all the…
Good Old-Fashioned Murder
Michael Sims’ new anthology of short fiction presents antique whodunit gems
…reader acting as connoisseur. The writer who can best provide the reader with the chill of a horrific murder, then show how the detective discovers and captures the perpetrator, will…
Cutting Remembrances
Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds, discusses the delicate art of writing about war
…accuracy and authority—do you agree with them? Powers: Even though I experienced things that are in the same ballpark as the events in the book, the events themselves are imagined….
