http://christusa.net/blog Turning the South on Its Head Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1) Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre 2) The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell 3) Ice at the Bottom of the Sea by Mark Richard 4) The Worthy by Will Clarke 5) Eden by Olympia Vernon 6) Talking Dirty to the Gods by Yusef Komunyakaa 7) Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West 8) A ... http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/ten-books-you-must-read-in-2008/ Just finished Mark Richard's The Ice at the Bottom of the World, and it was fantastic. Lyrical prose filled with gritty, dysfunctional characters. What else could you ask for? From Library Journal In Richard's collection of short stories, we are in familiar but updated Faulkner/Caldwell territory, the gothic American South. Specifically, ... http://christusa.net/blog/2008/01/24/a/ If you haven't checked out this site, you may want to. It list tons of author interviews, all in mp3 format. http://www.wiredforbooks.org/swaim http://christusa.net/blog/2007/10/16/wow/ http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/28/will-clarkes-new-book-trailer-for-the-worthy/ http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/southern_literary_journal/v034/34.1abernathy.html http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/27/great-article-on-harry-crews/ Rambles just posted a new review of Haunted Bones. Thanks to Virginia MacIsaac for her kind words: http://www.rambles.net/tusa_bones06.html http://christusa.net/blog/2007/09/06/new-review-of-haunted-bones/ If you haven't read Sherman Alexie's Flight, run to Barnes and Noble and get it today. It's one of the most creative novels I've read in a while, and it's an extremely easy read. Here's a recent review from the Times: Click here http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/18/flight-a-new-novel-from-sherman-alexie/ Here's a great article by Jason Sanford of StorySouth: http://www.storysouth.com/summer2002/wheresouth.html http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/13/where-is-the-south-in-todays-southern-literature/ For those of you interested in dystopian Novels, I'd highly recommend Orwell's Animal Farm, Brave New World, 1984, and Clockwork Orange. Here's a link to a much longer list: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5479 http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/12/good-dystopian-novels/ C.L. Bledsoe has just published a review of my new book of poetry, Haunted Bones. You can read the review here: http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewtusa.htm Thanks C.L. for the kind words. http://christusa.net/blog/2007/06/07/new-review-of-haunted-bones-at-gotimagcom/