Books


The Southerner's Handbook

Five essential Southern books

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

A portrait of a man with bourbon

Distilled

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

A collage of book covers

Arts & Culture

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

A man in a studio

Music

Six years after his death, a new biography examines the talent, charm, and heartbreak of the man behind the music

A vintage photo of a boy and his mother with a christmas present

Arts & Culture

An ode to the Cold War, Rocky, James Bond, pulp fiction, and an Atlanta lost to time

Arts & Culture

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