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The spirit of a Southern Christmas, past and present, is captured in a collection of short fiction by some of the region's finest contemporary fiction writers, including Robert Olen Butler, Donna Tartt, Lee Smith, Tim Gautreaux, Mary Ward Brown, Richard Ford, Tim McLaurin, Fred Chappell, Julia Ridley Smith, and Valerie Sayers.

Featuring the contributions of some of the South's finest contemporary fiction writers, this special holiday anthology features short fiction by Doris Betts, Larry Brown, Jill McCorkle, Carolyn Haines, Clyde Edgerton, Gail Godwin, Michael Knight, Donald Harrington, Ellen Douglas, and Silas House, accompanied by specially commisioned original watercolor paintings.

An assortment of Christmas stories, essays, and illustrations celebrates Southern authors, including tales by Bailey White, Rick Bass, Ellen Gilchrist, Marianne Gingher, George Singleton, Michael Parker, Steve Yarbrough, Lynne Barrett, Bret Anthony Johnston, Stephen Marion, and Aaron Gwyn.

Product Description: Born in Coolidge, Texas, Samuel Marshall Gore was the sixth of ten children born to a Baptist preacher and a mother described as “an angel.” From early childhood, Samuel Gore remembers enjoying making things, and gives credit to his mother and grandmother for his interest in art...read more