June 16, 2016
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: Dimestore
“I love the warmth and flexibility of summer!” says Bacon contributor Carolyn Hall. “Case in point, I had a free night last week while my husband took our daughter to a college visit at his alma mater. I convinced a good friend that we should cash in our Southwest miles and take a quick overnight trip to New York City to see ‘Hamilton.’ So that we didn’t …
May 8, 2016
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: Dimestore
Mothers do have ideas about how things should be. In her new memoir Dimestore: A Writer’s Life, Lee Smith (Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, Ordinary Grace) shares some of the things her mother taught her: “I was not to use double negatives; I was not to say ‘me and Martha.’ I was not to trade my pimento cheese sandwiches at school for the lunch …