James Wade’s Depression-era road novel, Narrow the Road, features three adolescents: William, “a gawky, spindle-shanked creature,” his friend, Ollie, and Lena, a girl running from a con artist’s medicine show. These kids, fully characterized and full of life, will stick with readers the way they’re still living with me. Yes, it’s a coming-of-age story. And […]
James Wade
June 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
James Wade lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country with his wife and daughter. He is a two-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and a recipient of the prestigious Reading the West Award for Debut Fiction. His most recent novel is Beasts of the Earth. Other titles include All Things Left […]
“Cormac McCarthy: The Great Optimist of American Literature” by James Wade
June 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Associate Editor Dawn Major has not had the pleasure of meeting author, James Wade, who wrote the following piece, “Cormac McCarthy: The Great Optimist of American Literature.” She met him through another fellow Southern author. If anything, the Southern writing world is a small one. Everyone knows everyone in the end, well…maybe not Cormac McCarthy […]