Mississippi Cotton by Paul Yarbrough Reviewed By Donna Meredith It might seem odd to characterize a novel that begins with a dead body found in a river as quiet, yet Mississippi Cotton, by Paul Yarbrough, flows at a gentle pace through the summer of 1951. The tenderness of the family scenes, soft […]
Meet Lynne Bryant, Author of Catfish Alley
July 15, 2011 by 1 Comment
At SLR, we like to cover both new releases and old. Every now and then, a good one slips through the cracks. This summer, we’ve spent a little time working our way through the Slush Pile..and look what we found! A can’t-miss read by debut novelist, Lynne Bryant. Recently, SLR contributor Rhett DeVane had the […]
Catfish Alley, by Lynne Bryant
July 14, 2011 by 4 Comments
Click to Buy Catfish Alley by Lynne Bryant Reviewed by Rhett DeVane Far too often, novels set in the South settle for clichéd one-dimensional characters: vapid belles, ignorant or radical African-Americans, belligerent white males incapable of change. This is not the case with Lynne Bryant’s Catfish Alley. From the first page, the author […]
July Read of the Month: The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, by Elizabeth Stuckey-French
July 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
Click to Buy The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady By Elizabeth Stuckey-French Reviewed by Donna Meredith Marylou is such an innocuous name, surely not the name of someone plotting a murder, especially since the Marylou in question is gray-haired and nearly eighty, a woman who becomes winded walking her dog around the block. But […]