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Arts & Culture

A Look Inside First Light, the “Unmistakably Austin” Bookshop in an Old Post Office

A meeting place for good books and good neighbors

Recipe

The Warmth of a Little Café Tucked Inside a Greenville, South Carolina, Bookstore

Camilla Kitchen—and these ginger molasses cookies—taste like home to me

Shops

An Inspired New Cookbook Nook in Nashville

A remarkable collection inspires the shelves inside a civil rights landmark

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Arts & Culture

Southern Summer Reads

We asked the experts at independent bookstores across the South for the summer reads they’re recommending to book lovers right now

Our Kind of Place

North Carolina’s Old Books

Where books aren’t just business

Our Kind of Place

The Magic of Square Books

A writer’s ode to a storied little Mississippi bookstore

Openings

Nashville’s New Lit Stop

The neighborhood bookstore isn’t finished yet

Arts & Culture

Best Sellers

A literary tour of the South’s top independent bookshops