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Why Foxfire Still Resonates
A new book—and a new oral history project—highlight the rural women whose stories continue to shape Appalachia

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Poetry in Motion: Three New Southern Collections
Three new collections propel Southern verse forward

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The Best New Books for Southerners in 2023
Hit order (and preorder) for these two dozen new and forthcoming books that G&G editors and contributors are buzzing about

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Novelist David Joy’s Favorite Books This Year
The North Carolina author—and insatiable reader—on the novels, memoirs, poetry, and stories he couldn’t put down

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The Best Southern Books of 2022
The cookbooks, novels, and nonfiction books that G&G editors and contributors loved most this year

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A Bird-Watcher’s Epiphanies in the Blind
For a passionate birder, duck hunting triggers an unexpected lesson

Arts & Culture
A Groundbreaking Basketball Team Gets Its Due
A chat with Southern author and sports historian Andrew Maraniss about his latest book, Inaugural Ballers

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A Southern Survey with John Grisham
The mega-best-selling author dishes on his favorite cookbooks, the Mississippi haunt that started it all, and why he won’t describe his new book in one sentence

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The Return of Cormac McCarthy
The celebrated author delivers back-to-back knockouts

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A Serving of New Cookbooks
Our favorite fresh cookbooks, along with new recipes for appetizers, mains, and sweets

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Book Events for Every Reader
Meet your favorite authors, stock up on gifts, and dive deeper into the wonderful world of Southern literature

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G&G’s Big Fall Reading List
G&G editors and contributors share what books to cozy up with this autumn

Arts & Culture
Nicholas Sparks on His New Book, Southern Stereotypes, and His Favorite Spots in Florida and North Carolina
“The biggest thing that people get wrong about the South is that they think all Southern accents are the same”

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Frances Mayes Finds the Meaning of Home
In her lovely new book, the best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun welcomes readers into both her Southern and Italian estates

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Going Deep on a Mysterious Mississippi Matricide
Beverly Lowry’s Deer Creek Drive revisits a midcentury murder in the Delta

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A New Chapter for Bookshops
Back on tour, a Nashville author discovers that bookshops around the South are writing intriguing new chapters

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G&G’s Summer Reading List
Editors, contributors, and Southern booksellers share the new novels, fresh nonfiction, and even a couple of cookbooks at the top of their book stacks

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Geraldine Brooks Rides a Horse for the Ages
Her new novel traces an incomparable equine down the stretch of history

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The Author James Lee Burke Gets Personal
In his timely new novel, the eighty-five-year-old literary titan shares more of himself than ever before

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A Kentucky Writer Captures the Stuff of Life
A new story collection revels in the messiness of life