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Lucille’s Better Half

…King B.B. King, who died in 2015 at age 89, gets the royal treatment from his biographer, and rightly so. We get it all, a life in full, from dirt…

A Larger Suitcase

…icon.” I spoke to the legendary pop savant ahead of her virtual event with the 2021 Southern Festival of Books. Jones always meant for her memoir to be, as she…

Interludes of Fulfillment

…this before,” we are brought into Perkins’ Black-girl chamber of secrets, as she contends for sexual, social, and intellectual freedom on the page. She reconstructs text message conversations, which sometimes…

Too Big and Too Loud and Too Much

…a loner, often irreverent, sometimes vulgar, incredibly funny, a nature lover, and artistically gifted. When she’s not working as Star’s uncredited and unpaid staff, she creates beautiful collages using natural

As the Story Goes

…Southern Festival of Books visit. Yours will be virtual, yes? Appelt: I don’t have all the details yet, but yes, mine will be virtual. Alas! I miss being present, in…

Corruption and Redemption

…63-year-old Winston Barnes and his cancer-stricken wife, Marie. Although Winston, the town’s principled and kind sheriff, already has a peculiar feeling and tells his beloved Marie that he is going…

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