Books

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a writing desk with a pen in his hand and a writing pad on the table

Arts & Culture

Thirty Years of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The bestseller’s author, John Berendt, on what he’d do differently and what it’s like as the book’s sole surviving character

Books

The Books by Southern Authors that Made Us Laugh Out Loud

A reading list for the dreary days of winter
Arts & Culture

Murder, She Wrote: Catching Up with the South’s Agatha Christie, Laura Lippman

The prolific author talks about setting her true crime novels in Baltimore, claiming her Southern identity, and how the pandemic inspired her latest caper about a prom gone wrong

The Southerner's Handbook

How to Build a Library

Five essential Southern books

Arts & Culture

Author Virginia Evans on Patience and Handwritten Letters

The author of “The Correspondent” chats about Southern stereotypes and her long-time-coming writing success

An archival image of Mary Kay Ash at her Dallas home.

Arts & Culture

For the First Time, a Full Picture of Mary Kay

Despite being one of the country’s most influential salespeople, the Texas mother and makeup entrepreneur never really received her due. A new biography aims to change that.

Conservation

This Book Will Change How You See Flowers

Beauty, science, evolution, drama, and spirituality mingle in David George Haskell’s stunning new book on how flowers came to be—and shaped everything that came after them