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Arts & Culture

Thirty Years of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The bestseller’s author, John Berendt, on what he’d do differently and what it’s like as the book’s sole surviving character

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The Books by Southern Authors that Made Us Laugh Out Loud

A reading list for the dreary days of winter
Arts & Culture

Murder, She Wrote: Catching Up with the South’s Agatha Christie, Laura Lippman

The prolific author talks about setting her true crime novels in Baltimore, claiming her Southern identity, and how the pandemic inspired her latest caper about a prom gone wrong

The Southerner's Handbook

How to Build a Library

Five essential Southern books

Arts & Culture

A New Voice in Southern Crime Thrillers Emerges with When Cicadas Cry

The debut novel of lawyer Caroline Cleveland evokes haunting true stories

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The Texas Heart of Terry Allen

Lubbock inspires a melding of art and music like no other

Arts & Culture

A North Carolina Writer Unearths Grove Park Inn’s History

In her new novel, Joy Callaway takes readers to the legendary Asheville hotel during its construction in the 1910s

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Arts & Culture

Dive into the Cult of “Dusty” Spirits

Aaron Goldfarb, the author of the new book Dusty Booze, on an impossible-to-find rum, the search for Howard Hughes’ stash, and why vintage bourbons are better

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The Wild South

A Chef’s Turkey Hunting Tome

Packed with recipes, stories, and inspiration, The Turkey Book, from Texas chef Jesse Griffiths, is a game changer for culinary-minded hunters

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A New Novel Tangles with Twain

Percival Everett’s marvelous James shakes up the American canon

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