Tommy Tomlinson
Tommy Tomlinson is the author of the books Dogland and The Elephant in the Room. He writes a newsletter called The Writing Shed and hosts the podcast Southbound through WFAE, the NPR station in Charlotte. He grew up in Brunswick, Georgia, and lives in Charlotte with his wife, Alix Felsing; her mother, Joann; and a cat named Jack Reacher.
Music
How did the college football town spawn the B-52s, R.E.M., and Widespread Panic, to name just a few? The maestros and misfits who led Athens’s rise to one of the world’s most influential and improbable music towns tell all
Arts & Culture
My mother gave new meaning to the word “evergreen”
Good Dog
After the loss of a beloved pup, one author fills a mutt-sized hole by following Westminster’s purebreds
THE 2021 WORLD SERIES
A long-suffering Atlanta sports fan revels in the team’s first appearance in the Series in twenty-plus years
Arts & Culture
Why so many of us worship at the altar of fall Saturdays
G&G Interview
There may be no more versatile a Southern actor, writer, and director than this son of Georgia
Arts & Culture
A writer says goodbye to the woman who gave him a lifetime of memories
Arts & Culture
These Dawgs are hungry, fresh, and fun to watch. How ’bout them?
Gardens
Hall of Fame football coach, athletic director… master gardener? How the University of Georgia legend found a second love on the turf around Athens