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.

Arts & Culture

A new tome highlights the stories of Southern writers of color

Books

No matter where you’re spending your leisure time these days, there’s a new book to delight

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

Books

The compelling saga of the Florida panther’s comeback

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

An iconic landscape architect’s Southern trek, revisited

Books

A quintessential collection of fishing essays still hooks the heart

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

Books

A historian scopes out the country’s bond with hunting

Books

Two powerful new books find the justice system guilty

Books

You could put a bow on the latest best seller, but why not get creative?

Books

The meticulously crafted world of an American style legend