"Southern Fiction is alive and kicking and going off in all kinds of directions as this old century stagers to an end." To prove their audacious pronouncement, George Garrett and Paul Ruffin have assembled thirty-one stories representing the best of recent Southern fiction. These stories weave together themes that underscore what being Southern is all about: the retelling of the past, the uncertainty of the future, the haunting presence of racial guilt, the inescapable influence of family-for better or worse, the struggle for survival, and the tragedy and humor of Southern life.

Fourteen darkly comic and artfully crafted Deep South tales in the spirit of OConnor

Usually funny, sometimes tender, sometimes penetratingly judgmental, Glenn Brown writes a sparkling prose about politics and about people in and about small towns scattered across East Texas.
Most of these pieces are derived from columns Brown wrote for "The Huntsville Item"; several of the pieces focus on Brown's experiences in a Korean POW camp, after the downing of a B-29 on which he was a radio operator.

Usually funny, sometimes tender, sometimes penetratingly judgmental, Glenn Brown writes a sparkling prose about politics and about people in and about small towns scattered across East Texas.
Most of these pieces are derived from columns Brown wrote for "The Huntsville Item"; several of the pieces focus on Brown's experiences in a Korean POW camp, after the downing of a B-29 on which he was a radio operator.

This is a collection of work by Robert Holland including his poetry, fiction and children's tales, newspaper columns and his letters.

The Texas Legislature recently named Paul Ruffin 2009 Poet Laureate of Texas. To those who read literary journals or mid-list popular books, Paul Ruffin is a well-known author and poet. Ruffin is prolific in his writing, having published over a thousand poems, short stories, novels, and nonfiction pieces with decades of unfailing artistry. In the fifth installment of the "TCU Texas Poet Laureate Series", editor Billy Bob Hill writes in his introduction that he has long admired Paul Ruffin's use of poetic devices. Ruffin uses alliteration and subtle textured sounds throughout his poetry,...

"As a territory, and later a state, Louisiana has survived French rule, Spanish rule, Rebel rule, and even Republican rule. And somehow the people and place have managed to retain their culture and character. Whether it's been the Natural State, the Dream State, or the Sportsman's Paradise, Louisiana has always been a state of resiliency, community, and joie de vivre. Poem by poem, the pages of "The Southern Anthology, Volume IV: Louisiana" demonstrate the variety and resiliency of a state that's overcome wars, hurricanes, and floods to make more of itself every time. The lines between these...

Edited by William Wright and Paul Ruffin, "The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V" Georgia brings together over one hundred of Georgia's poets, including David Bottoms, Natasha Trethewey, Leon Stokesbury, Thomas Lux, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Alice Friman, Judson Mitcham, and Stephen Corey, as well as myriad other luminous voices. The volume marks the fifth of the series "Art & Literature" has called "one of the most ambitious projects in contemporary Southern letters."

The state of Tennessee is widely recognized as a home of great music, and its geographic regions are as distinct as Memphis blues, Nashville country, and Bristol old-time sounds. Tennessee's literary heritage offers equal variety and quality, as home to the Fugitive Agrarian Poets, as well as a signature voice from the Black Arts Movement. Few states present such a multicultural panorama as does the Volunteer State.
The poems in "The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VI: Tennessee" engage the storied histories, diverse cultures, and vibrant rural and urban landscapes of the region. Among...