Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

G&G editors and contributors shared so many stellar new novels, memoirs, and cookbooks that we lost count. But here are thirty-something selections at the top of our lazy-summer book stacks.

Arts & Culture

Step Inside the Marvelous Mind of New Orleans Sculptor Walker Babington

Scrapyard materials and roadside castoffs transform into whimsical, larger-than-life characters
Arts & Culture

The Roots and Rise of S. A. Cosby, the New King of Southern Noir

Using his Tidewater Virginia roots as inspiration, the crime novelist has skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists with his genre-bending take on crime fiction

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Food & Drink

Jessica B. Harris’s New Cookbook Untangles the Strands of American Cuisine

G&G caught up with the Braided Heritage author to discuss the fluidity of cooking traditions, the power of the number three, and her summertime happy place

Arts & Culture

Julia Brock’s Closed Seasons Recounts the History of the Hunt

A new chronicle of the sporting life targets a better future

An illustration of a woman sitting at the beach with characters from her book around her, like a dragon, lovers, alien, and detective

All She Wrote

In Praise of Pulp Fiction, Bodice Rippers, and Beach Reads

Helen Ellis relishes the summery nostalgia of well-worn, escapist novels

Arts & Culture

A New Book Mines Georgia’s Oldest Cookbooks for Forgotten Slices of History

Atlanta’s Victorian-era Martha Stewart, the surprising vegetable on display at every Gilded Age party, an old-school recipe for orange candy, and more tasty tidbits from Georgia’s Historical Recipes