Southern Literature – A Girl Named Tommi

SLOW DANCING ON DINOSAUR BONES – Lana Witt

I picked up Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones by Lana Witt (Scribner 1996) from a local library sale a few years back. Intrigued by the title, I tossed it into my purchase pile without hesitation. ($5 boxes, y’all. $5 boxes.) It’s sat on my TBR since. I finally picked it up and read the blurb,Continue reading “SLOW DANCING ON DINOSAUR BONES – Lana Witt”

CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER – Tom Franklin

It’s been a bit since I’ve read a thriller, but Tom Franklin’s CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER reminded me how much I love a good literary thriller. Published in 2010, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER is haunting and heartbreaking in its cutting realities and unapologetic portrayal of racism and classism in the rural South. If the titleContinue reading “CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER – Tom Franklin”

Love in the Ruins – Walker Percy

Walker Percy (1916-1990) was a Faulkner-lovin’, Tarheel cheerin’, good ole Catholic boy from the deep South. His childhood was marred with tragedy – suicides & car accidents – and he was eventually adopted and raised by his bachelor uncle of a poet, William Alexander Percy. He became friends with Shelby Foote and became a born,Continue reading “Love in the Ruins – Walker Percy”