When Lee Smith’s new memoir, Dimestore: A Writer’s Life, was published I was thrilled. I first encountered Smith when I read her epistolary novel, Fair and Tender […]
Appalachian Mountain High: A Book List
Appalachians reads for those who want to get lost in the mountains. Fiction: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison “Greenville County, South Carolina, a […]
Music and Books: The Perfect Pairing
I love creating fun book displays, and today I decided to gift wrap some book and music pairs together for our newest display at the […]
An Englishman Riffs on Blues, Booze & Race Relations in the Mississippi Delta
Some reviewers compare adventure writer Richard Grant’s Dispatches From Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta to Peter Mayle( A Year in Provence, and Frances […]
Octopuses not Octopi, Please!
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Non-Fiction, Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus: a Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of […]
Mozart, Golden Globes and Amazon in the Jungle
Who knew a 2005 memoir about a career in classical music would inspire an award-winning “television”* show starring the likes of Gael García Bernal , Bernadette […]
My Favorite Books of 2015, and Then Some
In 2015, I read some really awesome books and whittled down my list to my top 15 but as the year ended I was compelled […]
Favorite 15 in ’15
Today is New Year’s Eve. A day when people spend time reflecting on the past year and reveling in their favorite moments. In the spirit of […]
My 15 Favorite Books from 2015 + 1
My reading tastes? A little quirky, sometimes dark, satirical, literary, or feel good–in a phrase: all over the place. I like complicated, nontraditional, flawed characters. […]
