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Collected Stories of Carson McCullers
$19.99 Add to cartThe novelist, dramatist, and poet Carson McCullers was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction.
In nineteen stories that explore her signature themes of wounded adolescence, loneliness … [more below]
- Author: McCullers, Carson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0395925053
- Language: English
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Rebel Bayou
$19.95 Read moreBy the mid-1800s, the residents of the Florida Parishes in Louisiana, including Ready Wright’s family, had endured decades of instability. Outlasting multiple national overlords, popular uprisings, th… [more below]
- Author: Hyde, Samuel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1946160946
- Language: English
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We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle
$21.99 Add to cartWhy couldn’t the Sopranos survive living down South? Simple. You can’t shoot a guy full of holes after eating chicken and pastry, spoon bread, okra, and tomatoes.
What does a Southern woman consider g- Author: Rivenbark, Celia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 031231244X
- Language: English
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Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)
$20.99 Add to cartSouthern humorist Julia Reed celebrates Southern food, Southern women, and the Southern penchant for enjoying good times in this collection of her food writing.
Julia Reed spends a lot of time thinkin- Author: Reed, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0312359578
- Language: English
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Talk Southern to Me: Stories & Sayings to Accent Your Life
$17.99 Read moreThe hilarious book that the South’s very own Dolly Parton described as “fun, informative, and oh-so Southern,” Talk Southern To Me is a love letter to the South, y’all. Essays ’bout charm, beauty and
- Author: Fowler, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 142364896X
- Language: English
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S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco
$50.00 Add to cart“From the editors of Garden & Gun, the award-winning magazine known as “The Soul of the South,” comes an illuminating and entertaining compendium of Southern history and contemporary culture”–]cProvi… [more below]
- Series: Garden & Gun Books #4
- Author: Editors of Garden and Gun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 0062445146
- Language: English
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My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South
$27.99 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the celebrated bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on l- Author: Bragg, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 848746392
- Language: English
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I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories
$21.95 Add to cartWilliam Gay established himself as “the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern Lit” (Esquire) with his debut novel, The Long Home, and his highly acclaimed follow-up, Provinces of N… [more below]
- Author: Gay, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: February 19 2009
- ISBN10: 0743242920
- Language: English
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
$30.00 Add to cartAn essential collection of classic stories that established Flannery O’Connor’s reputation as an American master of fiction–now with a new introduction by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Gro… [more below]
- Series: HBJ Modern Classic
- Author: O’Connor, Flannery
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0151365040
- Language: English
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The Southerner’s Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life
$30.00 Add to cartWhether you live below the Mason Dixon Line or just wish you did, The Southerner s Handbook is your guide to living the good life. Curated by the editors of the award-winning Garden & Gun magazine, th
- Series: Garden & Gun Books #1
- Author: Editors of Garden and Gun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0062242385
- Language: English
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Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia
$23.00 Read moreSince 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for hundreds of thousands of readers. In Travels with Foxfire, native son Phil Hudgins and Foxfire studen… [more below]
- Series: Foxfire
- Author: Hudgins, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 0525436294
- Language: English
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
$19.99 Add to cart“Theroux’s eye for landscape remains as sharp as ever . . . It’s Theroux’s remarkable gift for getting strangers to reveal themselves that makes going along for this ride worthwhile.” — New York Time
- Author: Theroux, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 18, 2016
- ISBN10: 0544705173
- Language: English
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Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral
$18.99 Add to cartFolks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down South, they don’t forget you when you’ve up and died–in fact, they visit you more often. … [more below]
- Author: Metcalfe, Gayden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1401312837
- Language: English
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The American South: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. The American South: A Very Short Introduction explores … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wilson, Charles Reagan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 1, 2021
- ISBN10: 0199943516
- Language: English
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The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs
$17.95 Add to cartCelebrated Southern author George Singleton delivers a new collection of short fiction, brilliant and absurd, for fans of George Saunders and Tom Franklin
A restaurant owner runs into trouble when his- Author: Singleton, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1950539865
- Language: English
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
$19.99 Add to cartAn essential collection of classic stories that established Flannery O’Connor’s reputation as an American master of fiction–now with a new introduction by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Gro
- Author: O’Connor, Flannery
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 10, 2019
- ISBN10: 0358139562
- Language: English
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty: A National Book Award Winner
$19.99 Add to cartWith a new introduction from best-selling author Ann Patchett, this National Book Award-winning story collection is one of the great works of twentieth-century American literature.
Eudora Welty wrote … [more below]
- Author: Welty, Eudora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 1328625648
- Language: English
