History Begins at Home
When Joel F. Baker Jr. launched into what became a three-and-some-decades-long research project on the history of his family on his mother’s side, writing a book was most certainly the…
Anne Goodwin Winslow (1875-1959)
Anne Goodwin Winslow was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She had little formal schooling, but produced novels, poetry, short stories, and non-fiction….
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
Born in Manchester, England on November 24, 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in a family of two boys and three girls. After her father’s death when she…
The Old Grief of Blood
Tom Franklin’s debut story collection Poachers (2000) begins with “Hunting Years,” a short introduction to the book that serves as an elegant statement of purpose. Returning to the woods near…
James Still (1906-2001)
James Still was born on July 16, 1906 at Double Branch in Chambers County, Alabama located in the foothills of the Appalachians. Still was the sixth of ten children, but…
John Fergus Ryan (1930-2003)
Born in Arkansas, John Fergus Ryan called Memphis, Tennessee home for more than 40 years, and graduated from Memphis State University in 1957. He was the author of two plays,…
