What is Southern Gothic literature, and why do we need it? The Southern Gothic genre is grotesque. It takes negative characteristics from "The South" and magnifies them so that we're forced to acknowledge them. Everything from rape/incest, child molestation, mental disabilities, racism, corrupt "Men of God", violence/murder, social issues, decay, religion, class, and repressed homosexuality.… Continue reading Books to Read if You Live in the South
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“My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love.” -Tracy Letts (August: Osage County)
Like Wild Onions 