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She was born rignt next door in Kentucky but didn’t have time to get too attached. “Being an army brat,” writes Sarah McCoy, “I didn’t stay in the Bluegrass State long enough to wear a Derby hat or sip the whiskey….
Harrison Scott Key describes his memoir The World’s Largest Man as “a true story about what it’s like to be related to insane people from Mississippi.” “As a boy, the author was partial to sock puppets, calligraphy, and poems tapped…
Rebecca Wells has inspired countless women like my cute mom who all these years later still gets together with her “Ya-Ya” friends (they also call themselves the Go-Go’s). Rebecca herself missed most of the celebration around the success of The…
“As I stared down forty, I realized that this great bright dream of being a novelist was in danger of becoming my single biggest regret. I began writing The Secret Wisdom of the Earth the very next day, with the…
I’m at the beach and Pepper is at a farm near Ashland City for the weekend. It was awkward, but I called. I needed to talk. “How’re you doing Pep?” I asked. “Great!” she said. “This morning I wrestled with…
Serenity Gerbman has the prettiest name in Nashville, and it suits her. I asked her about it recently. “Serenity is my first name and Storme is my middle name,” she told me. “My mother named me Serenity because the big…
The Southern Festival of Books is really something to be proud of – one of the best in the country – and I’ll be running a post a day from now through the Festival to let you know what’s lined up….
Daphne Butler, a summertime peach herself, just loves the fall. “I love the soft breezes, warm, but not hot; sun, clear skies – and the grey days too! The skies in the early morning and evening are amazing. Most of…
Oscar Mayer recently announced the launch of its “totally real dating app” called Sizzl: “In love, as it is in bacon, it’s important to be discerning when selecting your perfect match and to never settle for less than the best.” …