Books


The Southerner's Handbook

Five essential Southern books

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

Kenny Chesney during an inspirational visit to the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West while working on his new book.

Music

The country megastar’s first book is “a love letter” to his creative art

A collage: Clockwise, from top left: Rick Hall and Clarence Carter at FAME; Paul Simon at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; Aretha Franklin at FAME; Etta James at FAME.

Music

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

A portrait of a woman with short hair

Arts & Culture

A chat with the author about her latest novel, metalsmithing, and her preferred way to travel ahead of her appearance at the Charleston Literary Festival

Arts & Culture

A wealth of captivating literary adventures drives a pair of new books on the life and legacies of Jim Harrison and Peter Matthiessen