If you’d like the opportunity to meet Roy Blount, Charles Frazier, Richard Bausch, and Elizabeth Spencer all in the same place, don’t miss the 2011 AEC Conference on Southern Literature in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Arts & Education Council’s 16th biennial Conference on Southern Literature (April 14-16) will feature some of the most beloved writers in […]
Archives for January 2011
Reynolds Price Set Bar High for Southern Lit
January 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
The literary world says goodbye to Reynolds Price, known by many as the voice of the south. Learn more about Price’s successful career by reading this New York Times article, and if you haven’t treated yourself to a Price read recently, try these:
Tallahassee Book Festival and Writers Conference
January 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Tallahassee Book Festival and Writers Conference March 18-20, 2011 Florida Writes! This is your invitation to be part of our vibrant community of writers! It’s time to register for the 2011 Tallahassee Book Festival and Writers Conference, and the stellar line-up of speakers promises another inspiring conference you won’t want to miss! Do you write […]
Mark Mustian Discusses His Latest Book, The Gendarme
January 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Written by Donna Meredith A desire to understand the dark force that allows people to participate in a genocide led Mark Mustian to choose a Turk rather than an Armenian as the narrator of his novel, The Gendarme. The choice may appear unusual at first, since Mustian is of Armenian heritage himself. “Perhaps it comes […]
January Read of the Month, The Gendarme by Mark Mustian
January 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed By Donna Meredith The Gendarme, by Mark Mustian, is a brilliantly conceived and carefully crafted novel about the Armenian genocide that took place during and immediately after World War I. The choice of a 92-year-old Turkish man living in Georgia as narrator is one of the author’s bold decisions. Emmett Conn has a brain […]