Reviewed by Jay Langdale Poet, attorney and film-writer John William Corrington was an enigmatic artist whose life (1932-1988) spanned a pivotal era in the history of Southern letters. Raised Catholic during the Great Depression, Corrington attended Centenary College and completed a graduate degree in Renaissance literature from Rice University as well as a D.Phil from […]
“The Southern Philosopher: Collected Essays of John William Corrington,” Edited by Allen Mendenhall
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“By the Numbers,” by Jen Lancaster
July 20, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl The summer reading season is upon us; park-goers and beach-goers and vacation-goers and back-yard goers are relaxing with sun screen (we hope) and sun glasses and books and magazines. Children will frolic. So much tonic for the spirit these lovely warm days; more so when readers look for wit and […]
“Miss Julia Weathers the Storm,” by Ann B. Ross
July 13, 2017 by 1 Comment
Reviewed by Johnnie Bernhard Ann B. Ross, New York Times bestselling author of the “Miss Julia” series, returns with the eighteenth installment, Miss Julia Weathers the Storm. And like the seventeen books before, this comic southern tale makes for great summer reading as protagonist Miss Julie battles a hurricane during a trip to the beach with […]
“The Ex-Suicide,” by Katherine Clark
July 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl A few brief words on this novel’s title, first of all, since it philosophically “lurks.” We know that Walker Percy was no stranger to suicide with a good list of his family members having taken their own lives, and with Percy himself suffering from melancholy, an ailment different from […]
July Read of the Month: “Parade of Horribles,” by Rhett DeVane
July 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
Reviewed by Donna Meredith Once again, Rhett DeVane captures the essence of life in a small southern town in Parade of Horribles, the seventh installment in her beloved Chattahoochee series. DeVane mines the debilitating nature of fear and the need to forgive in this deeply appealing novel. Jake Witherspoon, familiar to readers of DeVane’s earlier […]
“House of Memory,” by Carolyn Haines
June 28, 2017 by 1 Comment
Reviewed by Claire Hamner Matturro Something profoundly sinister is on the prowl in central Alabama. It’s the time of the Jazz Age, a spirited respite between national disasters, but what lurks and stalks young women will not be tamed by exuberant dancing or bathtub gin. Whether the evil is spectral or human—or both—is just one […]