NewSouth Releases Newest Hans Koning Reprint, The Kleber Flight
NewSouth Books is pleased to annouce the release of the newest book in our Hans Koning reprint series, The Kleber Flight. Koning is the prolific and critically acclaimed of Zeeland, or Elective Concurrences (NewSouth), who has also worked as a staff reporter for both the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. He has published thirteen novels‚Äîseveral […]
Rev. Graetz Discusses White Preacher's Message with Full House at Civil Rights Center
If you missed Reverend Bob Graetz reading from and signing his new book A White Preacher’s Message on Race and Reconciliation, you missed a wonderful, moving experience. Reverend Graetz spoke to a full house at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, recounting his experiences at […]
White Preacher's Message Lauds Little Known Heroes; Upcoming Signings
Reverend Bob Graetz’s newest column in the Montgomery Advertiser talks about his just-released book, A White Preacher’s Message on Race and Reconciliation, and how Bob and his wife Jeannie wrote the book in part to recognize some of the less well-known participants in the Civil Rights movement. From the column: The real heroes of the […]
Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol Author Clayton Sullivan Opens Website
Clayton Sullivan, author of Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol Inside the Baptist Church, has launched a new website that details both Beulah and Sullivan’s many other incisive, scholarly religious books. Visit Clayton Sullivan and learn more about his books at www.claytonsullivan.com. Why Beulah Shot Her Pistol tells the story of Beulah Buchanan, raised in the […]
Rev. Graetz's White Preacher's Message Now Available; Signing on July 27
NewSouth Books is pleased to announce the publication and release of Reverend Robert Graetz’s A White Preacher’s Message on Race and Reconciliation. A White Preacher’s Message details Rev. Graetz’s life as the young white pastor of a black Lutheran Church in Montgomery, where he and his wife were among the few whites who supported the […]
Listen to Hugo Black of Alabama Audio Review
Don Noble of Alabama Public Radio has published an audio review of NewSouth’s Hugo Black of Alabama: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution, by Steve Suitts. Earlier this year, Suitts lectures on “Hugo Black’s Constitution” at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Listen to Don Noble’s review […]
Grievances Called Intriguing Novel; Send a Message to Author Mark Ethridge
The Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio has praised Grievances as an “intriguing novel.” They continue: Ethridge precisely conveys the grunt side of newspaper work — the crunching boredom of sifting through piles of public records as the deadline clock ticks away. He shows various versions of the story as the two reporters polish it, […]
Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Awarded NAACP's Highest Honor
On July 17, the NAACP will honor civil rights attorney Fred Gray, NewSouth author of Bus Ride for Justice, with the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award for his long-standing civil rights contributions. Gray, born in Montgomery, Alabama, grew up to become one of only two black lawyers in Montgomery in the 1950s. When his friend […]
Tubby Meets Katrina Displays “Fine Command of Storytelling”
The July 2006 issue of Library Journal offers high praise for Tony Dunbar’s Tubby Meets Katrina from NewSouth Books, noting that “Dunbar’s portrayal of people putting their lives together and helping others is remarkable.” From the review: “In Dunbar’s seventh Tubby Dubonnet mystery, the New Orleans lawyer-turned-sleuth returns home from Bolivia the day before Hurricane […]
Grievances Author Talks Writing Process in Charleston Post-Courier
The Charleston Post-Courier reviewed Mark Ethridge’s Grievances earlier this month, talking with Ethridge both about the book, and about the challenges facing a first-time novelist. “Ethridge began ‘Grievances’ in 2001, completing the manuscript in 2003, then invested the next year trying to market the book. He garnered a few rejections in the process, none of […]