Humor and peril collide in The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus
…opens with “The Wish for a Good Young Country Doctor,” in which a wry academic reflects on his pivotal encounter with an antique shop owner during his grad school study…
Southern Word connects young people to their voices, each other
…the first to tell you that these successful young people simply live into what most young people can achieve. “Tons of youth have that capability,” says Smith. “When they’re identified…
Book Excerpt: Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story
…The Ringer. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Denver, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken Nashville-style. Upward of ten thousand people attend the annual Hot Chicken Festival, held…
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…
Unlikely Angel delves into Dolly Parton’s formidable skill as a songwriter
…than a chronological survey. “Dolly’s musical work is variegated and folds back on itself,” Hamessley argues, “with all the melodic, harmonic, textual, and thematic overlaps that image brings.” Fittingly, some…
Book Excerpt: The Absurd Man
…that dead-end at the cubist sculpture called My Infinity, for I no longer light bonfires in the city of adulterers and no longer smudge the cheeks of debutantes hurriedly floating…
