Ahead of Her Time, The Trailblazing Life and Legacy of Ann Head chronicles the life of Nancy Thode’s mother who was a famous Beaufort, SC, author in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s. The book also contains several of Ann’s writings as well as correspondence between her and another famous author, Pat Conroy. I met Nancy […]
“‘Payne-Ful’ Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth” by Margaret Seidler
June 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Margaret Seidler’s book, “Payne-Ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey To Truth, is going to be known in the future as a pivotal point in changing history. Margaret has not written “another” book about slavery, it is not a memoir where she feels sorry for her circumstances, it is a wake-up call to embrace the kind of knowledge […]
“The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!” by Mary Martha Greene
May 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Are you hungry? Because if you are, Mary Martha Greene will send you straight into the kitchen with her new book, The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!. You’re probably not going to get past the first couple of recipes in this book before you have to gather your ingredients and make one of them. […]
Mary Ellen Thompson interviews Mary Martha Greene, author of “The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!”
May 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Introduction: I have known Mary Martha Greene for years and have consumed more of her famous cheese biscuits than I care to admit. If there is a cocktail party in the lowcountry of South Carolina that doesn’t have a plate of her cheese biscuits—well, I won’t cast aspersions. Mary Martha’s newest book, The Cheese Biscuit […]
SLR welcomes Mary Ellen Thompson as Associate Editor
December 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
We welcome Mary Ellen Thompson to Southern Literary Review’s staff as an Associate Editor. She likes to read and review fiction, historical fiction, biography, Southern fiction, and cozy mysteries, memoir is iffy and just depends on the subject. She doesn’t like violence, crime, or whining. She does like doing author interviews and gaining insight into […]