Year in review: Best Southern books of 2018
Is it just me, or was 2018 a particularly outstanding year for Southern books? From Kiese Laymon’s incendiary memoir “Heavy” to the posthumous publish
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Is it just me, or was 2018 a particularly outstanding year for Southern books? From Kiese Laymon’s incendiary memoir “Heavy” to the posthumous publish
Celebrate underrepresented voices through BIPOC Book Fest's annual showcase of literary works and panels featuring Black, Indigenous, people of color, and other creatives, taking place at Asia Society Texas.
Just Buffalo Literary Center announced the 2023-24 season of its BABEL author series, featuring Jhumpa Lahiri on Oct. 6; Michelle Zauner on Nov. 9; John Irving on March 21, 2024; and Kiese Laymon on April 25. Season subscriptions for the series, which takes place at Kleinhans Music Hall, are now available for purchase at justbuffalo.org.
Award-winning writer Kiese Laymon boasted about spending time at the Mississippi-based HBCU, starting his writing journey and soaking in the culture.
A frequent headliner in this country and the United States, Lenox connected with audiences and found humour in stories of his personal struggles with deteriorating vision and eventual blindness