"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

What to do and see in Central Kentucky’s defining city

The Baltimore-raised essayist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter on being funny, a plague of frogs, and his new book about returning to his roots

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

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”

Top cookbooks, novels, and memoirs that explored the story-filled region

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

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.

What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year

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

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

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

No one has tapped into Southern truths quite like the Virginia-raised author, whose fifteen novels span Appalachia to the Florida Keys. Just ask the legion of writers who praise Smith for guiding their own stories

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

Novelist Silas House chats with the author of the new book Prine on Prine, which collects decades’ worth of interviews with the beloved songwriter

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

Seven great series and podcasts to tune into this May

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