Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. This excellent
In her first novel in more than ten years, Betts brings her narrative gifts to bear on the powerful and moving story of a Southern family in crisis. Armed with courage, humor, and a shaky faith in God, the family and their friends face a most devastating
A collection of diverse voices and experiences, all springing from a shared legacy: memories of the american South, of being “downhome.” Mee introduces each group of stories and then lets the authors reveal aspects of the South from their own female p