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News Articles: Southern literature

Poet Eve Hoffman gives suggestions for the "Southern Reading List."

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Southern Reading List: Eve Hoffman

Georgia native Eve Hoffman teaches poetry at Emory University. Her most recent book, Memory and Complicity is a collection of autobiographical poems...

September 09, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor
E.R. Anderson is the executive director of Charis Circle, the nonprofit associated with Atlanta feminist bookstore Charis Books. Anderson is pictured with colleagues Sara Luce Look and Angela Gabriel.

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Southern Reading List: E.R. Anderson From Charis Books

E.R. Anderson is the executive director of Charis Circle , the nonprofit programming arm of feminist bookstore Charis Books and More in Atlanta....

March 19, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera
Little Shop of Stories is a bookstore in Decatur featuring both children and adult literature.

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Southern Reading List: Justin Colussy-Estes From Bookstore Little Shop Of Stories

Justin Colussy-Estes is the store manager of Little Shop of Stories, a bookstore in Decatur focusing on literature for children and adults. He stopped...

February 20, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • BRAM SABLE-SMITH

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  • Books

One Year After 'An American Marriage,' Author Tayari Jones Reflects On Coming Home To Atlanta

Whether celebrated joyfully or begrudgingly, Valentine's Day is the holiday when the varieties of love – or the absence of love – come sharply into...

February 14, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 1 more

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  • Author Interviews

Author Silas House Brings 'Southernmost' To Savannah Book Festival

The novel "Southernmost" begins with a flood of biblical proportions. What emerges after is not a sliver of mountaintop, but a sodden, Southern...

February 11, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott
Atlanta author Goldie Taylor picks out her favorite southern reads for "On Second Thought."

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Southern Reading List: Goldie Taylor

Political strategist and author Goldie Taylor knows Georgia politics. Her most recent novel, "Paper Gods," is a political thriller set in Atlanta's...

January 30, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor

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Southern Reading List: Frank Reiss And Emmy Carmichael From A Cappella Books In Atlanta

Frank Reiss and Emmy Carmichael from A Cappella Books in Atlanta stopped by "On Second Thought" to share their recommendations for our "Southern Reading...

January 11, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera
Author Joshilyn Jackson picks out her favorite southern reads for "On Second Thought."

Southern Reading List: Joshilyn Jackson

Atlanta-based author Joshilyn Jackson has written eight novels, including "The Opposite of Everyone" and "Almost Sisters." She stopped by "On Second...

December 10, 2018
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  • Elena Rivera
"An  American Marriage" and "Atticus Finch" are among the Bitter Southerner's picks for this year's summer reading roundup.

The Bitter Southerner Summer Reading Roundup

If you are an avid reader, we have some suggestions for you. The Bitter Southerner just released its 2018 "Summer Reading Roundup," a list of the year's...

May 22, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Friday, April 20, 2018

Spring has arrived in Georgia. Are you ready to relax outside with a good book? We asked Literary Atlanta podcast host Alison Law and Decatur-based...

April 20, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Tony Harris ,
  • and 5 more

4 New Southern Books You Need To Read

Literary Atlanta podcast host Alison Law and Decatur-based author Nicki Salcedo joined us in studio to share their picks of the best new books by...

April 20, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Tony Harris
'To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee died in 2016. Personal letters of Lee's, recently acquired by Emory University, are now available to the public.

Harper Lee Letters Detail Influences That Shaped 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author

Between 1956 and 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee wrote a series of personal letters , now available to the public at Emory University's...

April 02, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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