/tags/southern-literature Southern Literature en-US Copyright Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-28/why-harper-lee-never-finished-writing-her-true-crime-book What lessons can the now-deceased Harper Lee teach a modern-day investigative journalist? Writer Casey Cep retraced Lee’s footsteps to a small town in… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-28/why-harper-lee-never-finished-writing-her-true-crime-book Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-07-28/why-harper-lee-never-finished-writing-her-true-crime-book What lessons can the now-deceased Harper Lee teach a modern-day investigative journalist? Writer Casey Cep retraced Lee’s footsteps to a small town in… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2020-07-28/why-harper-lee-never-finished-writing-her-true-crime-book Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-12/north-carolina-author-assembles-tales-from-graceland-pilgrims-in-new-collection-of-short-stories A hairdresser, a secretary, a preacher and a wrestler stand in the sun in a line of fellow pilgrims. They come from small towns in every nook and cranny… Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:36:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-12/north-carolina-author-assembles-tales-from-graceland-pilgrims-in-new-collection-of-short-stories Paul Kiefer, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2019-07-12/north-carolina-author-assembles-tales-from-graceland-pilgrims-in-new-collection-of-short-stories A hairdresser, a secretary, a preacher and a wrestler stand in the sun in a line of fellow pilgrims. They come from small towns in every nook and cranny… Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:36:37 GMT /arts-culture/2019-07-12/north-carolina-author-assembles-tales-from-graceland-pilgrims-in-new-collection-of-short-stories Paul Kiefer, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Tayari Jones is committed to writing about the South as she sees it. Her critically-acclaimed novels are all deeply rooted in Atlanta and explore the… Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:13:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Tayari Jones is committed to writing about the South as she sees it. Her critically-acclaimed novels are all deeply rooted in Atlanta and explore the… Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:13:31 GMT /arts-culture/2019-03-19/an-american-marriage-author-tayari-jones-on-how-writing-that-book-broke-her-heart Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-16/letters-memories-and-a-private-archive-of-best-selling-nc-author-allan-gurganus Allan Gurganus is a New York Times best-selling author whose work has been seen on both television and the Broadway stage. The TV adaptation of his novel… Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:13:10 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-16/letters-memories-and-a-private-archive-of-best-selling-nc-author-allan-gurganus Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-01-16/letters-memories-and-a-private-archive-of-best-selling-nc-author-allan-gurganus Allan Gurganus is a New York Times best-selling author whose work has been seen on both television and the Broadway stage. The TV adaptation of his novel… Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:13:10 GMT /arts-culture/2019-01-16/letters-memories-and-a-private-archive-of-best-selling-nc-author-allan-gurganus Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-29/driving-through-a-changing-south In the summer of 1937, Jonathan Daniels, the young, white, liberal-minded editor of the News & Observer, embarked on a driving tour of 10 Southern states.… Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:20:00 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-29/driving-through-a-changing-south Jennifer Brookland /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-29/driving-through-a-changing-south In the summer of 1937, Jonathan Daniels, the young, white, liberal-minded editor of the News & Observer, embarked on a driving tour of 10 Southern states.… Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:20:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-29/driving-through-a-changing-south Frank Stasio