Arts & Culture

Novelist Benjamin Hale revisits a child’s disappearance in the Ozarks—and follows the fear, faith, and folklore that unfolds in its wake

The whiskey savant and Iraq war veteran on his new book, “Bottom Shelf,” and the power of savoring what you love

G&G editors and contributors suggest forty Southern novels, memoirs, and cookbooks to put at the top of your reading list this year

Dig Me a Grave goes deep on the haunting Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins

The country megastar’s first book is “a love letter” to his creative art

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

A chat with the author about her latest novel, metalsmithing, and her preferred way to travel ahead of her appearance at the Charleston Literary Festival

A wealth of captivating literary adventures drives a pair of new books on the life and legacies of Jim Harrison and Peter Matthiessen