"Silas House"

A novelist interviews Dopesick writer Beth Macy and the author Silas House, who tells him, “I never trust a writer who doesn’t doubt themselves”

Hit order (and preorder) for these two dozen new and forthcoming books that G&G editors and contributors are buzzing about

How two Southern literary giants led a young Appalachian writer to her own voice

The cookbooks, novels, and nonfiction books that G&G editors and contributors loved most this year

A preacher forced to examine his beliefs forsakes fire and brimstone for love

G&G editors and contributors share what books to cozy up with this autumn

G&G editors share some of what went into producing the “Saving the South” issue

A Katrina and Ida survivor shares: “It does not matter if you lost a little or a lot, if you evacuated or rode it out. You have lived through something devastating”

What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year

After devastating waters wrecked novelist Silas House’s Eastern Kentucky homeland last week, he worked alongside the helpers—those who refuse to let the voices of Appalachia go under.

Part Appalachian storyteller. Part modern-day Thoreau, Manning has carved out his own spot in the pantheon of American poets from a twenty-acre swath of Kentucky woods

Fifty of the most compelling images from the pages of G&G this year

We’re halfway through the year, but still just getting through our pile of great Southern reads. Make time for some—if not all two dozen—of these novels, cookbooks, and coffee table tomes before the second half of the year brings even more goodies for book lovers

Remembering the country music star from Kentucky, who died at age 76

Welcome summer with a stellar new book haul, including buzzy debut novels, a visually stunning tour through mezcal territory, and two story collections by Southern authors that are perfect for poolside afternoons. Oh, And a Bottle of Rum

The new U.S. Poet Laureate on the power of poetry and finding inspiration in place

He acts, sings, and dances his way from Appalachia to Hollywood’s biggest franchises

A conversation, in letters, with one of the South’s most vital voices