#SouthernLit

[firsteditionbookblog]

So pleased to find this under the tree this year. Rare as a hardback, Jim Wayne Miller’s third full length book is probably his most influential and ends with his famous “Brier Sermon” poem. Miller signed this book to Nancy Carol Joyner, a prominent Southern and Appalachian literary scholar. Former president of SAMLA, she also put together the influential “Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers.” Pleased to find this association copy, and always glad to add to the Miller collection. I’ve included his poem “Bird in the House” here, a truly fine work and perhaps his best stand alone poem.. . . . . . . #jimwaynemiller #birdinthehouse #themountainshavecomecloser #nancycaroljoyner #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CmvL9zqMHK7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kdsmiththewriter]

#BookAdventCalendar2022 Day 11 It's Christmastime, so it is time for my favorite, "A Southern Night Before Christmas," by Kelly Kazek. "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, We were sticky and sweaty 'cause this is the South." Y'all enjoy, and Merry Christmas!!

[fredhandbag]

After some potentially scary health news, Jamie asked Sean if they could do something “big”. She wanted an adventure. So of course, Sean agreed. Wait - a 350 mile bike ride?!? 😳 You Are My Sunshine by Sean Dietrich gives us a ringside seat on their bike 🚴 adventure along the Great Allegheny Passage and the C & O Canal Towpath trail. 14 states in 6 days (or something like that 😄) Bad weather, snakes, wild animals, mechanical difficulties - Sean shares it all with his humor and wit. Be we also get to see the love story that is Sean and Jamie. I can certainly relate to meeting a person that changed the trajectory of my life. (Tried to read some parts to Meredith but I couldn’t do it without getting emotional 😭 ���) Run, don’t walk to your local bookstore or library and get this book. Sean of the South always has a message of hope, encouragement and love. This is a great one. #youaremysunshine #seandietrich #seanofthesouth #greatalleghenypassage #candocanaltowpath #biketrails #idontlikesnakeseither #lovestory #nonfiction #zondervan #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #readinglife #bookphotography #bookcommunity #bookblogger #sodacityreads #southernlit #southernwriters #bookhaul #homelibrary #characterdrivenbooks #bookrecs (at White Rock, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkN3hjQLffj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[youcanlearnfrombooks]

Happy birthday to Tennessee Ernie Williams!

[generallygothic]

"𝕲𝖔 𝖆𝖘 𝖋𝖆𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 -- 𝖜𝖆𝖞 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖉𝖆𝖉𝖘 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌." -Delia Owens 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 I finished 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' yesterday, and... wow! A fair few of you expressed interest in reading it for yourselves so no spoilers, but... wow! This has bagged a spot in my fave reads of the year so far and, yep, probably ever. Did I mention "... wow!"? 🦞 As I've seamlessly slipped under a 🥀Southern Spell🥀 - which would have been my July theme were I organised - today I'm sharing a backdated review of a book that fits the theme. I read Delia Owens 'Where the Crawdads Sing' (2018) in February, during lockdown number ?'. I, therefore, did not know that this book was on every display stand, in every not-very-literary bookselling space. Good job, because I'm a recovering book snob - trying to avoid avoiding bestsellers and newcomers, whilst still supporting independent sellers and buying secondhand ✌🌍. Reading habits are political, don't ya know? Anyway... 🦞 Set in the marshlands of North Carolina, 'Crawdads' is an ode to oddity, to nature, to growing up and figuring yourself out. The wilds of the damp, deep south are an alluring and unfamiliar setting; Owens immerses you, enabling utter, bone-warming escapism. To our young protagonist, Kya, the marsh is the only home she has ever known; it is a part of her very being. Known, unkindly, as the 'Marsh Girl' about town, Kya's is a tale of isolation and liberation, with murder and romance at its core. 🦞 Navigating familiar Southern Gothic themes such as poverty, racial injustice, and loneliness, Owens lacks the gravity of McCullers or O'Connor. I would term 'Crawdads' "soft Southern Gothic" - a poor white girl fairytale that just might fall apart if you pick too closely... Nonetheless, it is an altogether engrossing tale and I thoroughly enjoyed a little marshland adventure. Have you read this one? 🦞 🔗in bio to McCullers audio-review! . #wherethecrawdadssing #deliaowens #bookstagram #bookreview #southerngothic #southernlit #americanliterature #generallygothic #gothic #booknerd #spookynerd #southernspell #northcarolina #flanneryoconnor #carsonmccullers https://www.instagram.com/p/CR5_b76LkS3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[davidabrams]

Flannery arrived today and she has a few things to say. #amreading #FlanneryOConnor #southernlit #booksofinstagram #booklover #booknerd #bibliophile #ilovebooks #ilovereading #readthis #booksbooksbooks #reader #classicbooks #instabook #bookpic #mybooks #bookworm #igreads #booked #instabooks #booklife #readinglife #bookaddict #StillLifeWithBooks #TBRlist #bookstoread #TBRpile #wanttoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFah5Whs25/?igshid=1nmdguwlqd7cl

[amlitlover]

Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”

"WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years." https://americanliterature.com/author/william-faulkner/short-story/a-rose-for-emily

[ktienh]

#whatlinewednesday ✒ I'm about halfway through this book and my impression is that it's an American version of Jane Eyre in epistolary style 🤔 📝Synopsis A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree. . Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterious benefactor appears out her father's past to rescue her, she never looks back. . Spanning half a century, On Agate Hill follows Molly’s passionate, picaresque journey through love, betrayal, motherhood, a murder trial―and back home to Agate Hill under circumstances she never could have imagined.  . #quote #OnAgateHill #LeeSmith #historicalfiction #southernlit #bookstagram #igreads #currentlyreading #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/CBzCxYRA4oV/?igshid=njxfrm9t73oo

[americanmythology]

Some Dark Holler is coming to Amazon on September 1st in eBook, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook formats. As a celebration, there'll be a ton of giveaways and cool bonus material leading up to its release. To receive the launch bonuses make sure you're on Luke's email list. Sign-up here: https://www.facebook.com/lukebauserman.author/app/?sk=app_1505485539723918 #southerngothic #southernlit #darkcountry #supernatural #thriller #hillbilly #fantasybooks

[weltysymposium]

We’re getting ready for this year’s symposium! Check out our authors at www.muw.edu/welty — more info on each, coming soon!

Kiese Laymon — Heavy: An American Memoir

Kendra Allen — When You Learn the Alphabet T. J. Anderson III — Devonte Travels the Sorry Route  John Bateman — Who Killed Buster Sparkle? Tina Barr — Green Target  Ann Fisher-Wirth — The Bones of Winter Birds  Brandon Hobson — Where the Dead Sit Talking  Cary Holladay —  Brides in the Sky Ashley M. Jones — Dark // Thing  Mary Miller — Biloxi Christin Marie Taylor — Labor Pains Ken Wells — Gumbo Life, Tales from the Roux Bayou 

[firsteditionbookblog]

I’ll go ahead and say it: Robert Morgan might very well be the best living American poet. He is certainly the best living poet from our region. His work spans decades, and each book plays with different forms, styles, subjects, and characters. From hardscrabble farms to pondering solar terrestrial physics, his work spans the gambit and does so with a poetic clarity few can rival. He published his first book “Zirconia Poems” in 1969. This is one of the 25 hardback copies I’ve only heard rumors of until now. My friend Chan Gordon helped me find some of Morgan’s rarer chapbooks and such, and he always joked that one day he would sell me his Zirconia. Chan would go on to publish a small fine press edition of Morgan’s later book “October Light.” Morgan sent Chan this copy, and it includes the accompanying letter. I’m pleased to add it to the collection, as it will also serve as a reminder of Chan’s longstanding love and promotion of literature from the southern mountains. I’ve included the poems “Hunting” and “Junkyard After Storm” here. Fine book, without a jacket as issued. Numbered 19/25, and signed by Morgan. Association Copy. A new cornerstone of the collection. #robertmorgan #zirconiapoems #lillabuleropress #rarebooks #firstedition #bookcollection #bookcollecting #bookcollection #bibliophile #bookporn #bookhunting #bookstagram #modernfirsts #modernfirsteditions #finebooks #signedbooks #shelfie #southernliterature #southernlit #tennessee #appalachianlit #appalachianliterature #kentucky #northcarolina #virginia #westvirginia #appalachianpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWksHPsRY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[magiccityacceptancecenter]

@burdockbookcollective will join us at Drop-In Hours this Thursday at 5:30 to show us how to make some Zines! It's gonna be down right amaZINE 😂 #Repost @burdockbookcollective with @get_repost ・・・ Come make zines with us at the @mcacbham this Thursday April 4th at 5:30. Ages 13-24 📚📚#selfexpression #homemadebooks #selfpublish #feministauthors #southernlit #queerlit https://www.instagram.com/p/BvuHE-QnCOB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2z4lyqif05xf

[bafreaka]

#faulkner is always a favorite to draw! #heidipitre #penandink #library #bibliophile #bookart #afable #southernlit #mississippi #drawing #austinart #texasartist

[slickcatbooks]

Happy birthday to #flanneryoconnor from #slickcatbooks! #southernlit #agoodmanishardtofind #milledgeville #ga #georgia #authorsofinstagram #authors #writersofinstagram #south #shortstories #literature https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvc8IuUHCeJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ddv4yv4qwc5c

[afaithfulson-blog]

A Faithful Son

[macsbooks311]

The Last List of Judith Kratt @AndreaBobotis

The Last List of Judith Kratt @AndreaBobotis

Miss Judith has inherited all that the Kratt family had to offer: a pie safe, a copper clock and a murder no one talks about. 

Being born and raised in the southern part of the US, I came to love southern literature. It has a flow and charm to it, a rhythm that is unlike any other. When it is done well you can smell the gardenias and magnolias on every page and feel the grit from the dusty Delta…