Reading Georgann Eubanks’s Rural Astronomy (EastOver Press June 2025) felt like revisiting a hometown after a long absence—some of the landscape has changed, some of the houses sport new shutters, some of the memories are bittersweet, and the territory is both comforting and strange. It’s no wonder that Eubanks leads readers through a literary journey […]
“The Dark Library” by Mary Anna Evans
July 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Mary Anna Evans has been intriguing readers with her masterful and intelligent mysteries for over two decades. During this time, Mississippi-born Evans earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Exeter and became an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma. […]
“The Wars Between Us and Them” by P. V. LeForge
July 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The setting for The Wars Between Us and Them (Back Bay Books, 2025) by P. V. LeForge is Detroit, Michigan—his birthplace. So why is a Southern publication reviewing a novel set so far north? Because LeForge’s parents moved to Florida when he was just an infant and he remained there most of his life. He […]
“The Pursuit of Elena Bradford” by Ann H. Gabhart
July 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The Pursuit of Elena Bradford (Revell, 2025) by Ann H. Gabhart is set in the 1840s, a time when societal expectations often stifled women’s talents and ambitions. But Elena Bradford’s mother has a plan—one that could save their family from financial ruin. After her father’s poor financial decisions left them on the brink of losing […]
BettyJoyce Nash interviews Valerie Nieman, author of the novel, “Upon the Corner of the Moon”
July 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Introduction: BettyJoyce Nash interviewed Valerie Nieman, author of Upon the Corner of the Moon. She and Nieman share a background in news reporting at the Greensboro News and Record, and both earned MFAs from Queens University of Charlotte. A prolific novelist, Valerie Nieman’s latest book re-imagines Shakespeare’s Macbeth. She weaves literary legend and history into […]
“Deep Water, Dark Horizons and Other Stories, plus” by Suzanne Hudson
July 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Deep Water, Dark Horizons and Other Stories, plus, a sampler of Suzanne Hudson’s literary career, is in honor of her receiving the 2025 Truman Capote Prize. The collection of specially-chosen morsels, published by Joe Taylor (Livingston Press of University of West Alabama) introduced by Sonny Brewer, and dedicated to Joe Formichella, notable pillars of her […]