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Southern writers from A-Z

Make that, from Brown to Welty

Collected authors from B-F G-H I-M N-Z

The South is known for its writers. So with that in mind, we've compiled some articles on some of our favorites.

If you're a Southern writer and would like to be part of this list contact Hillary, and she'll be more than happy to talk to you about your work. In the meantime, support local literature...

B-F

  • Larry Brown -- some folks like him some folks don't.
  • Vicki Covington and the tormented South.
  • John Farris from Marietta, Ga. likes the monsters.
  • Richard Ford finds success.
  • Connie May Fowler knows women have wings.

    G-H

  • George Garrett and "The King of Babylon..."
  • Kaye Gibbons writes from experience.
  • Ellen Gilchrist -- her past as prologue.
  • Melissa Fay Greene is the sleuth behind "The Temple Bombing" book.
  • Jim Grimsley talks about his "special blood" as well as his "Dream Boy" book.
  • Anthony Grooms looks beyond "Trouble" and talks about putting a human face to the civil rights movement.
  • Barry Hannah paints portraits of desperate lives.
  • Joel Chandler Harris -- Everything you've ever wanted to know about the creator of Uncle Remus.

    I-M

  • Florence King and her reader...
  • Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" has inspired a nation. Here's an article about searching for Scout.
  • Tim McLaurin finds a home.
  • Willie Morris is influenced by his cats?

    N-W

  • Lewis Nordan and Harry Crews comparatively.
  • Flannery O'Connor her writing and her faith.
  • Padgett Powell and his spunky Southern hero.
  • Here's a few stories about Anne Rice. Check out this review of "Memnoch the Devil". And a review of "Servant of the Bones" -- her latest novel.
  • J.J. Reneaux keeps the tradition of storytelling alive and well in Athens, Ga.
  • Tawanna Savage dreams of a man named "Hannibal."
  • Alice Walker is "living from my heart" and Alice Walker the 'womanist'.
  • Brad Watson of dogs and people...
  • Eudora Welty and the journalist.

  • Brad Wilson writes about dogs and people in "Last Days of the Dog-Men."

    If you have an interview you'd like to contribute, please contact Hillary. We're always looking for more...

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