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Singing Christmas carols in summertime
click here to view in your browser {Singing Christmas carols in summertime.} In which a dear friend is remembered and honored in book suggestions, Ms. Carson McCullers sings Christmas carols in...
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Reading resolutions.
click here to view in your browser {Reading resolutions.} In which Ms. Betsy Teter looks back at her favorite books of the past year, southern indies recommend their favorite books for the forthcoming...
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A writer and an architect walk into a bar. . .
click here to view in your browser {A writer and an architect walk into a bar. . .} In which Buxton Village Books invites readers to embrace their blue mind, bookstores close and open, Ms. Cathy...
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One loves deepest the finite thing.
click here to view in your browser {One loves deepest the finite thing.} In which Mr. J. Drew Lanham walks the edges in life and in art, Mr. Wayne Flynt regards "intellectual" as a compliment,...
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Getting into trouble.
click here to view in your browser {Getting into trouble.} In which Ms. Helen Matthews Lewis insists it's alright to get into trouble, Mr. Senator John Lewis has already been in some trouble, and the...
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On the books our mothers read to us.
click here to view in your browser {On the books our mothers read to us.} In which Kelly Starling Lyons remembers the magic in books her mother read to her, Mr. Wiley Cash asks his students to...
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On good Scotch and good dogs.
click here to view in your browser {On good Scotch and good dogs.} In which Ms. Crystal Wilkinson remembers her childhood devotion to Prince, Mr. Michael Farris Smith writes about the consequences of...
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On paying attention to the nonsense inside our heads.
click here to view in your browser {On paying attention to the nonsense inside our heads.} In which Rowan trees keep out evil spirits and reporters, Mr Fred Chappell tries to convince students to drop...
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In praise of moonshine mamas.
click here to view in your browser {In praise of moonshine mamas.} In which Mr. Terry Kay's wife makes him find a new job, Mr. Pat Conroy has an opinion on the ugliest word in the English language,...
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On the literary value of soap operas.
click here to view in your browser {On the literary value of soap operas.} In which her ladyship walks, the booksellers at Eagle Eye books believe money can buy happiness, since money can buy books,...
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Remembering the places that are fading away.
click here to view in your browser {Remembering the places that are fading away.} In which her ladyship meets five writers and two cats, Ms. Joan Didion finds herself unexpectedly married, Â and Mr....
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On the reading nooks we create in our homes.
click here to view in your browser  {On the reading nooks we create in our homes.} In which Mr. Tennessee Williams writes in Rome, Mr. Michael Farris Smith writes because he read Larry Brown, and Mr....
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On the joys and dangers of judging people by the books they are reading.
click here to view in your browser {On the joys and dangers of judging people by the books they are reading.} In which Mr. Ron Rash goes fly fishing with Mr. David Joy and accidentally breaks his...
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On the most memorable books in our lives.
click here to view in your browser {On the most memorable books in our lives.} In which Ms. Gina Kolata is called a bookworm as if it were an insult, the band Delta Rae had to ask their mother for...
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
click here to view in your browser {I celebrate myself, and sing myself.} In which the best books of last year are voted on, the best books of the upcoming season are celebrated, Quail Ridge Books...
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To be lifted above the divisions and the silences.
click here to view in your browser {To be lifted above the divisions and the silences.} In which Ms. Kate DiCamillo thinks that children will always love to read, Mr. Dave Lucey is thinking about...
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Moving forward while thinking about the past.
click here to view in your browser {Moving forward while thinking about the past.} In which her ladyship offers the ultimate Southern reading list, Ms. Kristy Woodson Harvey insists there is life...
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Pearls take on the character of the person who wears them.
click here to view in your browser {Pearls take on the character of the person who wears them.} In which Ms. Patricia Cornwell goes to the police, Ms. Pam Stone learns to listen, and Ms. Kristy...
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On what to read next, whenever "next" comes along.
click here to view in your browser {On what to read next, whenever "next" comes along.} In which Mr Ron Rash finds discussing his archives "eerie," Ms. Jill McCorkle admits that she has been known to...
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On getting revenge through writing.
click here to view in your browser {On getting revenge through writing.} In which Mr. Richard Grant finds living in the Delta like being in love (with a crazy person), Mr. John Cavalier helps restock...
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