Click to Buy Velva Jean Learns to Drive, by Jennifer Niven Review by Philip K. Jason Jennifer Niven has fashioned a delightful and probing fiction set in the remote Appalachian communities of North Carolina. We first encounter the title character, Velva Jean Hart, in 1933. She is a ten year old whose mind is […]
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:
Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, by Anna Lillios
December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Crossing the Creek, by Anna Lillios, is a dual biography and critical study placing side by side two amazing women. Subtitled “The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,” the book sets into revealing tension the ways each woman made herself into an artist by finding, and […]
Meet Tom Carhart, Author of Sacred Ties, Part 2
October 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday on SLR, Tom Carhart discussed his latest nonfiction release, Sacred Ties:From West Point Brothers to Battlefield Rivals: A True Story of the Civil War. Please enjoy the continuation of that conversation with SLR Contributor, Philip K. Jason, posted below. Are there any important distinctions you’d like to point out between a cadet’s West Point […]
Meet Tom Carhart, Author of Sacred Ties
October 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
SLR Contributor Philip K. Jason was honored to interview military historian, West Point alum, and Vietnam veteran, Tom Carhart regarding his latest release, Sacred Ties: From West Point Brothers to Battlefield Rivals: A True Story of the Civil War. This factual account of six West Point soldiers fascinated us so much, we selected it as our October Read of the Month. […]