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Shining a Light on the Forgotten South

CNN analyst Bakari Sellers looks at the long-ignored lives of rural African Americans

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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

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Hub City Writers Project: The Literary Lights

A South Carolina trio elevates the work of Southern storytellers

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Our Style Director’s Spring Reading List

G&G’s style director recommends eight great design-minded books to pore over

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Southern Women Say It Best

Words of wisdom from some of the most inspiring Southern female chefs, musicians, actors, designers, artists, and rule-breakers

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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

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Southern Women: A New Book from Garden & Gun

A celebration of the dynamic women influencing the South and beyond

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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

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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

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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