Blogs in June 2020

The Secret to Hummingbird Cake 25th June 2020

“The Secret to Hummingbird Cake celebrates strong women and stronger ties. Its humour, poignancy, and a dash of sass will touch the heart.”* In the South you always say “yes, ma’am” and “no, ma’am.” You know everybody’s business. Football...

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The Awakening 24th June 2020

When ‘The Awakening’ was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author’s reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin’s great...

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Leaving Gee’s Bend 24th June 2020

Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn’t mean she can’t put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when Mama gets deathly ill, it...

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South to a Very Old Place 24th June 2020

The highly acclaimed novelist and biographer Albert Murray tells his classic memoir of growing up in Alabama during the 1920s and 1930s in South to a Very Old Place. Intermingling remembrances of youth with engaging conversation, African-American folklore, and astute...

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Tongues of Flame 24th June 2020

These beautifully crafted stories depict the changing relationships between black and white southerners, the impact of the civil rights movement, and the emergence of the New South. Mary Ward Brown is a storyteller in the tradition of such powerful...

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