These stories, all set in nearby towns in the Alabama Black Belt—a swath of dark soil that runs west to east through the central part of the state—explore the history, culture, and human spirit of the
"Late one night at the end of a scorching summer, a phone call rouses Sheriff Furman Chambers out of bed. Two men have been shot dead on Highway 9 in front of the Hillside Inn, a one-time boardinghous
When international lecturer Clifton Taulbert receives an unexpected invitation to supper in Allendale, South Carolina, he brings with him Little Cliff, the colored boy from the Mississippi Delta who i
Ray McManus’s third book of poetry, Punch., is a call for the claw-hammer, a hymn to the steel toe, and a series of lonely missives from truck cabs and office cubicles. Punch. is a book about work, ab
When Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg arrived at Muddy Creek in January 1753, he deserved a rest. Sent by the Moravian Church to find land for a settlement, he headed west from Edenton, North Caroli
Boasting more craft breweries than any other state in the South, North Caro¬lina is the state of Southern beer. In 2012, Erik Lars Myers wrote North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries, which profiled 45
Crooked Letter i offers a collection of first-person nonfiction narratives that reflect the distinct 'coming out' experiences of a complex cross-section of gay, lesbian, and transgendered Southerners
Sixteen years have passed since Steven Sherrill first introduced us to "M," the selfsame Minotaur from Greek mythology, transplanted to the modern American South, in the critically acclaimed The Minot
The Cherokee Rose, written by award-winning historian and recipient of a recent MacArthur "genius grant" Tiya Miles, examines a little-known aspect of America's past—slaveholding by Southern Cherokees
Tess Wycheski is a standout bowler, just like her father before her. And just like her father, she is haunted and driven by the famous, career-ending humiliation he suffered at his first pro match. Jo
When the deacons at Mark Beaver’s Bible Belt church cue up an evangelical horror flick aimed at dramatizing Hell, he figures he'd better get right with God, and soon. Convinced he could die at age sev
A gripping tale of family crisis and personal strength focuses on Maddy, an 11-year-old girl struggling to keep herself and her three younger brothers afloat in small-town segregated Mississippi in th
Thirty years after first discovering the timber-rich land of the West Virginia mountains during the Civil War, three Union veterans establish Cheat River Paper & Pulp and proceed to fund their
Based on Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from "The Republic," in this novel, the Cave is a dank basement bar in the small Southern town of Waterville, overflowing wi
From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, this book is a rich collection of 25 stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors—including Jill McCorkle, Nikky
From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, this book is a rich collection of 25 stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors—including Jill McCorkle, Nikky
A century ago, a modestly successful Raleigh portrait and landscape painter named Jacques Busbee arrived by train in Seagrove, North Carolina, not knowing that his future, and the history of pottery-m
When deaths from the Civil War exceeded the burial capacity of the Washington, D.C area, the quartermaster general for the Union army was tasked with locating a site for a singular national cemetery l
Since its creation in 1934, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has become the most heavily visited of all our national parks, with yearly visitation sometimes surpassing 10 million people.To many
