Artistic Photos Capture Locations That Inspired Southern Fiction
The New Yorker’s website recently published a book review of Tema Stauffer’s photography collection Southern Fictions. Stauffer explores some of the places that influenced and shaped the work of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and more. The article also shares one of the more memorable – if horrible – Faulkner legends. Suffice it to say that…
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The Dirt: Filthy
Let me start with two things: 1) I’m glad I don’t have to code this post, because the amount of ö and ü I’d have to type in this band’s name would drive me to an insane life of unabashed hedonism, and 2) I wish I had to code this post. But seriously folks, although…
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A Cluster of All-Purpose Book News: February 20, 2019
Quote of the Post: “Comics will break your heart.” – Jack Kirby Faith Erin Hicks’ debut YA novel “Comics Will Break Your Heart” pulls the covers back on the comic book world; fittingly its title is a quote by Jack Kirby, whose heart was probably broken by comics a thousand times. I’m not sure what’s…
continue readingA Cluster of All-Purpose Book News: February 11, 2019
Quote of the Post: “Maybe everybody in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” – John Steinbeck, “Of Mice and Men.” And he never even read a Facebook post. It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so put down your protractor and pick up one of these books. Sidney Sheldon, who…
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
In my mind, no writer and illustrator were better paired than Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell. Go ahead, ask a Gen X’er: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” and its sequels were more terrifying than “Nightmare on Elm Street” or even some of the creepiest “Little House on the Prairie” episodes. (You’ll have to…
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