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Literary Tourism: Southern Literary Trail

The South has one of the richest literary traditions on Earth, so it is a fitting place for the only ...

Our Favorite Biographies of Dead Writers

Our Favorite Biographies of Dead Writers

Literary Tourism: Lowcountry Literary Roadtrip

I grew up all over the country as a military brat, but the first time I spent any significant amount ...

Let’s Put James Franco on All the Book Covers

Last week, when presented with the As I Lay Dying movie tie-in with James Franco on the cover, the internet let ...

If Famous Authors Read One-Star Reviews of Their Books

It seems like every couple months I see a post go around about Amazon one-star reviews of classic books. Recently ...

100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature

A Riot reader from the Midwest was so intrigued by my love letter to Flannery O’Connor, she tweeted me and asked ...

Audio Recordings From Favorite Authors

For many readers, getting to hear their favorite authors speak is a huge thrill.  It’s an amazing experience to get ...

“I Write to Discover What I Know”: Happy Birthday, Flannery O’Connor

How Flannery O’Connor Made Me Fall in Love with Southern Fiction

  My forty-eighth printing paperback copy of Flannery O’Connor’s The Complete Stories knocked me right out of my socks and ...