Arts & Culture

G&G editors and contributors shared so many stellar new novels, memoirs, and cookbooks that we lost count. But here are thirty-something selections at the top of our lazy-summer book stacks.

With nostalgia, humor, and scrutiny, a new book celebrates and critiques the iconic doll brand

A chat with the fashion designer and entertainer ahead of his one-man Spoleto Festival USA show

The Virginia tradition connects generations of Saltwater Cowboys, the descendants of Misty herself, and two islands where wildness reigns

Using his Tidewater Virginia roots as inspiration, the crime novelist has skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists with his genre-bending take on crime fiction

The season’s newest designer looks get matched to the Biltmore, the Swan House, and more beloved settings

Handpicked highlights from Charleston’s beloved performing arts fest, which kicks off this weekend

Goings-on in the region and beyond

Back in her hometown, the model-turned-actor opens up about family life, creative passions, and her latest role in a North Carolina–set drama

Clearing out the office reminds us of the things we carry

How a letter from a grieving World War II widow in Demopolis, Alabama, helped inspire an eighty-year tradition of Dutch “adoption” and commemoration

Mary Berry, the farmer, writer, and executive director of the Berry Center, talks about her love of place and what she has learned from her father, Wendell Berry

Diving deep on the mysterious author

Though born in Chicago, Robert Prevost has ties to the New Orleans Creole community

How @landontalks, a Mississippi art teacher turned internet star, became a noted keeper of Southernisms

Or does it choose you?

A little rain couldn’t dampen the bold styles on display in the stands at Churchill Downs

A look back at Lexington’s Calumet Farm and its storied cast of Thoroughbreds

Four decades later, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain wonderland still sparkles

Derby season is here, and we’re looking back at our own winner’s circle