The MS Gulf Coast Writers Association presents Southern Expressions Authors Conference 2011 October 14-16 Ocean Springs, MS Featuring guest speaker Curtis Wilkie, author of The Fall of the House of Zeus. Visit website for more details: www.gcwriters.org/se11.html
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 […]
The Queen of Palmyra, by Minrose Gwin
March 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin Review by Rhett DeVane Minrose Gwin’s novel The Queen of Palmyra beautifully captures the delicate tipping point between Florence Forrest’s tormented childhood and young adulthood. At a time when eleven-year-old Flo should be giggling with friends, she is forced instead into the dark […]