There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.

A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...

This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...

Scavenger hunt celebrates 60th anniversary of cherished book. Children love reading about animals and there’s something so adorable about...

Every Christmas Eve folks along the River Parishes, what we call counties outside Louisiana, build massive wooden bonfires along the...

I’ve found that many Americans hail from cities, but they move away and are happily identified with their new home. For those of us...

Annual literary award honors outstanding African-American authors.

Oxford, Mississippi, is the perfect literary weekend getaway.

Southern hotels that honor writers.

Powerful attraction in one small bag.

Five favorite Deep South bookstores.