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Picturing William Faulkner in Verse: A Dream Come True
The New York Sun· 3 days agoAn illustrated biography of William Faulkner is something I’ve often wished for, with drawings that...
96 Happy 4th of July Quotes & Captions to Celebrate Independence Day
Best Life· 6 days agoLooking for ways to entertain your guests on Independence Day? Liven up the festivities with these...
Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning short-story author, dies at 92
Entertainment Weekly· 7 days agoAlice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author who explored love, life, and loss in...
Kent Wascom’s aim is true in ‘The Great State of West Florida’
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA young woman with a golden arm and a dark reputation is giving away money. “You might’ve seen her mean white pony car parked up in some vacant lot,” Kent Wascom writes in the opening of his ...
In a debate over a school name, it's not just parents who are attached to the past
WUSF 89.7· 4 days agoIt's a line that's been rattling around my head for the past week now, since reading the news of a...
Editorial: Segregationist history? In RVA, the past is our present
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoFor a city that has spent 150 years attempting to erase its most painful chapters — the most recent...
Hampton Sides on how the electric piano inspired him to follow a writer's life
Santa Fe New Mexican· 4 days agoThis weekend marks the third annual Santa Fe International Literary Festival, drawing more than 30...
Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis statue has new neighbor in U.S. Capitol: Arkansas civil rights leader
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoA week ago, Arkansas officials unveiled a new statue at the National Statuary Hall to represent the state, civil rights leader Daisy Bates. “This is absolutely embarrassing to the Mississippi ...
Peggy Webb doesn't believe in writer's block
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMOOREVILLE — Having written more than 100 books over her 40-year career, Peggy Webb is undoubtedly one of Mississippi's most prolific authors. Her novels span genres including romantic comedy ...