If you’ve never cared much for thrillers, Keith Thomson’s genre debut could cause you to [...]
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An aging actor faces The Humbling
Phillip Roth’s novel has lifeless characters, dirty old man and a dildo
Read the rest of this entry »Seven great books on the World Series
I always watch the World Series with the sound off and with something to read.
Read the rest of this entry »Annette Gordon-Reed and The Hemingses of Monticello
In THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO, Annette Gordon-Reed presents the institution of slavery through the eyes of enslaved people.
Read the rest of this entry »Grounded reading with novelist Jonathan Miles
Jonathan Miles – novelist, New York Times columnist and prolific magazine writer – got the inspiration for his acclaimed debut novel Dear American Airlines while stranded in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
Read the rest of this entry »Remembering Paul Hemphill
If I tell you that Paul Hemphill was bitter about a great many things, that [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Alabama novelist Ace Atkins visits the Devil’s Garden
Ace Atkins’ latest novel is centered on the real-life murder trial of silent film comic Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in 1921. Why is this crime and historical novelist drawn so inexorably to material that deals with violence and betrayal?
Read the rest of this entry »The Well and The Mine wins big
Birmingham writer Gin Phillips earns Discover Award from Barnes & Noble
Read the rest of this entry »Nanci Kincaid at the Alabama Booksmith
EAT, DRINK & BE FROM MISSISSIPPI: That\’92s the title of Nanci Kincaid\’92s novel about a [...]
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Go ahead and mark your calendar for the excellent Writing Today conference, scheduled to be [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mad screed for a young writer
Write every day. That’s the bloody edge. Do it. Do it. Either you do it or you don’t.
Read the rest of this entry »Drinking Alphabet Juice
Fans of the NPR program Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me already know that Roy Blount [...]
Read the rest of this entry »John Jeremiah Sullivan digs deep in the country blues
John Jeremiah Sullivan, award-winning author and feature writer, loves the country blues. “I’ve been obsessed [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Of homegirls, handgrenades & social responsibility
I spent most of my childhood and not an insignificant amount of my adulthood thinking [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Confessions, reschedules
Anybody hoping to have a fancy fried sandwich anytime soon is out of luck: Birmingham [...]
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The unlikely bond between Patterson, a Southern populist, and John F. Kennedy, a northern liberal, as well as Patterson’s troubled relationship with the President’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy, is one of the compelling stories found in Nobody But the People: The life and times of Alabama’s youngest governor, a biography of Patterson by Warren Trest, published by New South Books.
Read the rest of this entry »Book Talk: Don Felder’s bird’s-eye view of life in The Eagles
Guitarist Don Felder joined The Eagles in 1974 during the band’s On The Border recording [...]
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“.. even after April by God there is no excuse for May,” which is to [...]
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