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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“He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
I recently finished reading John Berendt's travelogue/true crime novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I LOVED it! Actually, maybe I should steal from Woody Allen and say that "Love is too weak a word for what I feel." I luuurved it. I loaved it. I luffed it. As a native Texan, I… Continue reading “He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
Like Wild Onions 