Drawing on storytelling traditions as old as southern literature itself, Grit Lit is the first anthology devoted to contemporary writing about the Rough South. From literary legends to emerging voices, the acclaimed writers featured in this collection view their hardscrabble South without romanticism or false nostalgia, not through moonlight and magnolia but moonshine and Marlboros. This is the dirty South as captured by those rooted in its land yet able to share its stories with candor and courage. Grit Lit guides readers through tales both tall and true, intoxicating stories of loss, violence, failure, feuds, family, and--above all--survival against the odds. Raw and raucous, Grit Lit gathers some of the most provocative writing to come out of the South in the last thirty years. With a preface by Edgar Award-winning author Tom Franklin and Brian Carpenter's introduction to the genre's origins and influences, this bold anthology lays bare the Rough South in all its battered glory and dares readers not to stare in awe.

Focusing largely on the works of nineteenth-century authors including Twain, Poe, Kate Chopin, and George Washington Cable, this collection reveals the contribution of Southern writers to American literature

An anthology of modern short stories set in the South, clearly defining the distinct Southern characteristics of tradition, family and morality and its regional flavor, identity, and literary heritage

Product Description: As a season for family, feasting, gifts, and giving, Christmastime brings with it a host of traditions, beliefs, and stories. With an impressive ensemble of award-winning writers, including Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, critically acclaimed Olympia Vernon, and Guggenheim Fellow Elizabeth Spencer, the 11 stories in this anthology offer a range of poignant ruminations on the Christmas season...read more

Product Description: Settle back into that comfortable chair and enjoy a second helping of poignant, humorous and nostalgic tales about how things used to be in the legendary South. From vindictive mules and small town marriage rituals that include a pig, to Grandma's story of how a quilt square got her a husband and a home remedy of the hemorrhoidal variety that goes awry, More Sweet Tea delivers what readers have been thirsting for since the first in the Sweet Tea series, Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes...read more

Six popular Southern writers present an entertaining selection of original short stories that defines what it means to be 'Southern' in works by Donna Ball, Sandra Chastain, Debra Dixon, Virginia Ellis, Nancy Knight, and Deborah Smith. Reprint.

A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern literature features a broad spectrum of eighteen works by both established and new writers, including James Lee Burke, Rick Bass, Tim Gautreaux, George Singleton, Joshua Ferris, Holly Goddard Jones, Angela Threatt, and Philipp Meyer, among others, all selected and introduced by guest editor Edward P. Jones. Original.

Product Description: The fourth volume of Stories from the Blue Moon Café presents a selection of the most talented practitioners of Southern writing, including Chip Livingston, Diane McWhorter, and Charles Simic.

Product Description: The third volume of Stories from the Blue Moon Café presents a selection of the most talented practitioners of Southern writing, including Rick Bragg, Tim Gautreaux, William Gay, and Daniel Wallace.

A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern literature features a broad spectrum of twenty works by both established authors and new writers, including Wendell Berry, George Singleton, Tony Earley, Erin Brooks Worley, and J. D. Chapman, among others, all selected and introduced by guest editor Allan Gurganus. Original.

Product Description: A fresh collection of distinctively Southern-flavored writing. Rick Bragg. Tim Gautreaux. William Gay. Fannie Flagg. Diane McWhorter. Charles Simic. Daniel Wallace. Steve Yarbrough. These are just a handful of the acclaimed writers whose work has appeared in the Stories from the Blue Moon Café series since its launch in 2002...read more

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.

A collection of Southern literature features twenty stories written from 1996 to 2005 by both famous and first-time writers, including Lee Smith, Max Steele, Gregory Sanders, Stephanie Soileau, and many more, accompanied by incisive introductions by editor Anne Tyler. Original.

Product Description: Settle back into that comfortable chair and enjoy a second helping of poignant, humorous and nostalgic tales about how things used to be in the legendary South. From vindictive mules and small town marriage rituals that include a pig, to Grandma's story of how a quilt square got her a husband and a home remedy of the hemorrhoidal variety that goes awry, More Sweet Tea delivers what readers have been thirsting for since the first in the Sweet Tea series, Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes...read more

An evocative literary portrait of the American South presents a second collection of short stories, essays, and poetry from some of the region's most acclaimed modern writers, including Larry Brown, Jill Conner Browne, Gregory Benford, W. E. B. Griffin, Suzanne Kingsbury, George Singleton, Les Standford, Steve Yarbrough, Fannie Flagg, William Gay, and others. Reprint.

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.

Featuring contributions from some of the South's most notable writers, a literary anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry encompasses contributions by Tom Franklin, Michelle Richmond, Suzanne Hudson, Steve Yarbrough, Beth Ann Fennelly, and others who capture the rich and varied landscape and peoples of the American South. Original.

Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Tom Franklin, Donald Hays, Suzanne Hudson, and Michelle Richmond. (view table of contents)

Stories by writers with Southern backgrounds deal with the modern problems of life in the South

A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern literature features twenty works by both established authors and new writers, including Russell Banks, Dorsi Betts, William Gay, George Singleton, Kate Small, Romulus Linney, Corey Mesler, and many others, accompanied by a preface by Larry Brown. Original. (view table of contents)

Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Pat Conroy, W.E.B. Griffin, Suzanne Hudson, and Tom Kelly. (view table of contents)

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