In the introduction to her book, Reckoning with the Past (U of Kentucky 2025), Yohe identifies the five poetry collections by Frank X Walker on which her research is focused. She selected these collections containing historical persona poems as vantage points from which readers can “interrogate a cultural and national past.” She describes persona poems […]
“Reckoning with the Past: The Historical Poetry of Frank X Walker” by Kristine Yohe
September 14, 2026 by Leave a Comment
“Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870–1970” by Judith W. Page and Elise L. Smith
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
A fascinating blend of art, literature, and history, Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870-1970 (University of Mississippi Press, 2026) by Judith W. Page and Elise L. Smith offers a richly researched and original exploration of the intersection between gardening and creative expression. The authors’ extensive scholarship, combined with the book’s thoughtful […]
“No Way Out But Through” by Susan Beckham Zurenda
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Susan Beckham Zurenda’s No Way Out But Through tells the harrowing story of Grace, a fifteen-year-old girl forced to marry the older man who raped her. The book is a fictional portrayal but inspired by true experience. Remarkably, child marriage remains legal for those under eighteen in thirty-three states (with parental or judicial permission), and four […]
“Perceptions of Justice: Law, Literature, and Film” by Terry Lewis
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Terry Lewis’s excellent first venture into a nonfiction book, Perceptions of Justice: Law, Literature, and Film (2026), demands reader involvement. The former judge employs a Socratic method, posing questions that encourage readers to examine their own perceptions of justice and to formulate a personal philosophy of belief. Drawing not only on his courtroom experience, but […]
“A Priest Walks into a Waffle House” by Lauretta Hannon
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
A Priest Walks into a Waffle House by Lauretta Hannon is a collection of ninety nonlinear short stories. So, let me just tell you right here and now, Lauretta is a hoot. Not only that but she makes a very good case for the proper use of punctuation in her first chapter when she writes, […]
“Little Stone, Little Stone” by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Little Stone, Little Stone (Sheila-Na-Gig, 2026) by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke chronicles the poet’s deeply personal journey through ovarian cancer while also honoring the lives of well-known women who died from the disease. Often called the “silent killer” because its symptoms are subtle and frequently misdiagnosed, ovarian cancer becomes both subject and shadow throughout this collection. […]