APM: Marjorie, so happy we get to chat about When the Men Were Gone, your novel that features protagonist Tylene Wilson, a teacher during World War II who winds up coaching a high school football team. There’s a sort of A League of Their Own vibe to the book. When did you think up this […]
Donna Meredith Interviews Allen Mendenhall, Editor of “Writers on Writing”
March 14, 2019 by 1 Comment
DM: Thanks for taking time from your very busy life to be interviewed. You are an associate dean at Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty, and editor of Southern Literary Review. You blog at The Literary Lawyer. Your books include Literature and Liberty (2014), Oliver […]
Managing Editor Allen Mendenhall Publishes “Writers on Writing”
December 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Managing editor Allen Mendenhall has published Writers on Writing: Conversations with Allen Mendenhall. The publisher, Red Dirt Press, describes the book as follows: As a lawyer, Allen Mendenhall asks questions. As a writer, he’s interested in the craft. Combine these two and you get this, a collection of writers discussing writing. Writers on Writing: Conversations with Allen […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Amos Jasper Wright IV, Author of “Nobody Knows How It Got This Good”
November 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
AM: Thanks for the interview, Amos. Your book Nobody Knows How It Got This Good was just released by Livingston Press of the University of West Alabama, a publisher I’m growing increasingly fond of month by month. The book consists of short stories. Do you agree with Edgar Allan Poe that “a short story must […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Mike Nemeth, Author of “The Undiscovered Country”
November 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
AM: So glad to have the chance to chat, Mike. Before we talk about your new novel, The Undiscovered Country, which is a sequel to your novel Defiled, I’d like to explore our Atlanta connections. Where in the city do you live? I grew up in Marietta, close to Roswell Square, and lived in Alpharetta […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Roger Johns, Author of “River of Secrets”
October 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
AM: Thanks for doing this interview, Roger. Your new novel, River of Secrets, is a sequel to Dark River Rising. Both novels feature Wallace Hartman, a detective in Baton Rouge. What drew you to the detective genre? RJ: Allen, thank you for interviewing me. It’s a real privilege to be able to do this. The […]