Books

Arts & Culture
Shining a Light on the Forgotten South
CNN analyst Bakari Sellers looks at the long-ignored lives of rural African Americans

Arts & Culture
Marie Kondo Shares the Life-Changing Magic of “Thank You” Right Now
The “Tidying Up” star and her new Texas sidekick share timely—and sensibly Southern—tips for a better home-office life from their new book

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How Buying Indie Might Help Save the South’s Bookshops
Ways to support your local independent bookstore during coronavirus distancing

Southern Heroes
Hub City Writers Project: The Literary Lights
A South Carolina trio elevates the work of Southern storytellers

Arts & Culture
Our Style Director’s Spring Reading List
G&G’s style director recommends eight great design-minded books to pore over

Arts & Culture
A New Book Looks at Bringing Civil Rights-Era Murderers to Justice
In Race Against Time, a Mississippi journalist recounts the cold cases he helped solve

Arts & Culture
New Books We Are Loving This Winter
Cozy up with a funny new novel, a collection of nearly forgotten stories, fascinating biographies, and a beautiful look-ahead to spring gardening

Arts & Culture
Jericho Rising
How the push and pull of the South feed Louisiana native Jericho Brown’s soul-shaking, award-winning poetry

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What We’re Reading: Cat Tale
The compelling saga of the Florida panther’s comeback

Arts & Culture
Our Favorite Southern Books of 2019
Memoirs, novels, a deep dive on Harper Lee, and landmark cookbooks—here are our favorite reads of the year

Arts & Culture
Inside Birmingham’s Newest Independent Bookstore
Thank You Books celebrates its grand opening in Magic City

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Southern Notables Share a Peek at Their Bookshelves
A new book documents the idea of living with (lots of) books beautifully

Arts & Culture
October 2019 Reading List
Fall brings brand-new Grisham, the latest from G&G, zippy novels, a haunting memoir, and one entertaining ode to last calls

Arts & Culture
Southern Women Say It Best
Words of wisdom from some of the most inspiring Southern female chefs, musicians, actors, designers, artists, and rule-breakers

Books
A Virginia Writer’s Overdue Spotlight
With a new short story collection, the late Nancy Hale gets the acclaim she deserves

Arts & Culture
Portraits of a Lost Delta Gem
Photographer Will Jacks memorializes Po’ Monkey’s, the beloved Mississippi juke joint, in his new book

Books
Southern Women: A New Book from Garden & Gun
A celebration of the dynamic women influencing the South and beyond

Arts & Culture
Pat Conroy and Cassandra King Conroy’s Whirlwind Romance
In her new memoir, Tell Me a Story, Cassandra King Conroy shares the heart of her marriage to Southern literary lion Pat Conroy

Arts & Culture
Remembering Two Icons of the Literary South
Dorothea Benton Frank and Anne Rivers Siddons told stirring stories of the South—and proclaimed the power of a triple name for the next generation of Southern women writers

Arts & Culture
Four Decades of Oxford’s Square Books
Mississippi writers celebrate one of the South’s most beloved bookstores, which opens a new rare book shop this weekend