AM: Hi, Tom. Thanks for talking to us about your new novel, Palm Beach Nasty. It’s a crime thriller, and we don’t have a chance to feature many crime thrillers—a genre that’s very popular. What brought you to the genre? TT: Thanks for interviewing me, Allen. In answer to your question: Honestly, when I started […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews F. Diane Pickett, Author of “Never Isn’t Long Enough”
March 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
AM: Hi, Diane. You were born in Atlanta. So was I, in Piedmont Hospital. And you live in Destin now, where I spent many weeks of my childhood. We’ve probably crossed paths at some point. Where do you do your writing down there at the beach? FDP: I was born at Emory University Hospital. I […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews David Joy, Author of Where All Light Tends to Go
March 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
AM: We’re thrilled to interview you at Southern Literary Review, David. Thank you. Your novel is Where All Light Tends to Go, a story about the underbelly of North Carolina, where outlawing is, the opening lines tell us, “as much a matter of blood as hair color and height.” Tell us how Jacob McNeely, your […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Mark Schimmoeller, Author of “Slowspoke”
February 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
AM: Mark, I’m excited about this interview because I’d like to say I know someone who made a cross-country trip on a unicycle. Not many people can claim that—probably just the people who know you. Why in the world did you undertake this journey? MS: I’m thrilled that you know a cross-country unicycle traveler—and a […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Richelle Putnam, Author of The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty
January 29, 2015 by 1 Comment
AM: Thank you for talking to us about your latest book, The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty. If my memory is correct, this is the first interview that Southern Literary Review has done about a work in the young-adult (or, as they say, YA) category. I’d like to start by asking about your decision to […]
William Walsh
January 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
William Walsh’s books include Speak So I Shall Know Thee: Interviews with Southern Writers, The Ordinary Life of a Sculptor, The Conscience of My Other Being, Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets from 1951-1977, and David Bottoms: Critical Essays and Interviews. His work has appeared in AWP Chronicle, Cimarron Review, Five Points, Flannery O’Connor […]