Jonathan Miles
Jonathan Miles, a Garden & Gun contributing editor, has been the magazine’s books columnist since 2012. He is the author of three novels, including Anatomy of a Miracle, which was a finalist for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Fiction. A former resident of Oxford, Mississippi, he is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
BOOKS
Some Go Home, Odie Lindsey’s charismatic debut novel, puts another fictional Mississippi town on the map
Arts & Culture
CNN analyst Bakari Sellers looks at the long-ignored lives of rural African Americans
Arts & Culture
In Race Against Time, a Mississippi journalist recounts the cold cases he helped solve
Adventures
In the rugged countryside around San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a young and determined grape scene takes root
Books
With a new short story collection, the late Nancy Hale gets the acclaim she deserves
Books
An Appalachian Duet: Two books to add to your shelf this fall
Books
A real-life atrocity inspires Colson Whitehead’s heartbreaking new novel
Books
The lauded poet’s new collection entwines the South’s history with her own
Arts & Culture
Four new releases shake up the region’s culinary traditions
Books
A vanishing Virginia island foretells a changing coastline
Books
A preacher forced to examine his beliefs forsakes fire and brimstone for love
Artists
The rising Nashville star mines the bruising truth of her past for refreshingly real-life lyrics—songs that recall the best of what country music can be
