Gerald Duff Shares Responses to His Upcoming Book of Short Stories
Gerald Duff, author of the well-received novel Coasters (NewSouth Books, 2001) and Fire Ants, a new collection of short stories from NewSouth, shares these responses to “The Way a Blind Man Tracks Light,” a short story from Fire Ants which appeared in the most recent issue of The Kenyon Review …
Author and Artist Alan Gerson to Debut New Art Series
Alan Gerson, author of Habeas Circus: Illegal Humor, will showcase his new art series Wild Child at Steve Martin Studio in Miami from October 13 to the 31. Wild Child explores “the underlying wildness, danger, and uncontrollability of man’s basic nature, as well as its connection to the wildness and indifference of nature” …
Old Wars (and Harold Bosley) Remembered
Les Dunbar, contributor to Where We Stand (NewSouth Books 2004) and the forthcoming sequel, American Problems, Southern Solutions: Where We Stand II (February 2008), sends this message occasioned by a recent trip …
Ninth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference on Nov. 18, 2007
NewSouth author Anna Olswanger announces the Ninth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers’ Conference, held at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Sunday, November 18, 2007, from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. The conference is co-sponsored by the 92nd Street Y Buttenwieser Library and the Jewish Book Council …
Judge Author Frank Sikora Interviewed on Tapestry
Frank Sikora, author of The Judge: The Life and Opinions of Alabama’s Frank M. Johnson, Jr. was interviewed recently by Greg Bass of Birmingham, Alabama’s WBHM public radio program Tapestry …
Grievances Praised in New First Draft Online Book Reviews
Writer and journalist Julia Oliver has reviewed Mark Ethridge’s novel Grievances for the new online book review section of First Draft magazine, published by the Alabama Writers’ Forum …
Author Bill Elder Interviewed on Kentucky Public Radio
Celebrated coach and author Bill Elder was recently interviewed by Dan Modlin of Kentucky Public Radio about his new memoir, All Guts and No Glory …
Internet Resources Enhance Judge Johnson Biography
NewSouth’s reissue of Frank Sikora’s authorized biography of Judge Frank Johnson, The Judge, offers a definitive, personal insight into this important man. The following list of Internet resources serves to enhance the information presented in the book …
Short Story by Author Charles Rose in the Alabama Literary Review
A short story by Charles Rose, author of In the Midst of Life, was recently featured in the Alabama Literary Review …
NewSouth Author James N. Harrell Dies in Tampa, Florida
Jim Harrell, 83, author of civil war novel Their Last Ten Miles and February Mission, a collection of poems and plays, died July 7 at his home in Tampa, Florida …