Robert Leleux
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Harbury’s Fight for Human Rights
To read Jennifer Harbury’s books is to chart her progress toward becoming one of this nation’s most esteemed agitators. Almost 30 years ago, this [...] Full Story -
An Intimate Chronicle of Dixie
Mary Boykin Chesnut’s A Diary from Dixie is among America’s most morally conflicting literary masterpieces—and now, thanks to her great-great grandniece, Martha M. Daniels, [...] Full Story -
A Prophet and a Liar
“Holy Ghost Girl”, a new memoir by Donna M. Johnson, tells the remarkable story of the author’s childhood among the followers of Brother David [...] Full Story -
Joanne Herring’s Wars
Those craving simplicity should forego the irrepressible Joanne King Herring’s vastly pleasurable new memoir, Diplomacy and Diamonds: My Wars from the Ballroom to the [...] Full Story -
Becoming Jane Fonda
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT Patricia Bosworth’s moving new biography, Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman, is discovering that [...] Full Story
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Abusing Their Religion: Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & The Prison of Belief
In Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright returns to his signature terrain: the outer reaches of religious faith. Full Story -
Lady Bird in her Own Words
Michael L. Gillette’s Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History chronicles Mrs. Johnson’s journey from deep East Texas to the White house and beyond. Full Story -
South American Gothic: Edward Swift’s The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint
Edward Swift’s latest novel, The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint, is a tumultuous, epic work of magical realism, half The Count of Monte Cristo and half One Hundred Years of Solitude. Full Story -
Skeletons in a Small Town’s Closet
Janis Owens’ powerful new novel American Ghost recalls Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit, the 1944 classic remembered, in part, for its brave portrayal of lynching. [...] Full Story -
Faith in a Dead-End Town
Michael Morris’ sweet, sad-eyed new novel, Man in the Blue Moon, recalls great Southern literature: beloved works such as Olive Ann Burns’ Cold Sassy [...] Full Story
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