Arts & Culture

A native son’s story collection conjures the real Crescent City

G&G editors and contributors share the biographies, nonfiction reads, thrillers, and unforgettable novels that have started 2021 off right for readers

A new book shares the story of their vision for an Alabama megacity

Beyond The Yearling, a new biography unearths the real Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The Mississippi author Michael Farris Smith shares an imaginative new take on The Great Gatsby, plus the books he’s been reading and the bourbon he’s been drinking

The best of January and February’s book releases for Southern readers—powerful memoirs, novels that turn myths inside out, a beautiful collection of photos, and an ode to good old dogs

G&G contributors, editors, and Southern book lovers share new releases and old favorites to read right away this year—and a couple forthcoming releases already on preorder

Dozens of memoirs, novels, and nonfiction books that got us through a year unlike any other