Deep South

For those believe the literature of the American South is worthy of deep discussion, and also for any who are interested in spending some time with those who do, welcome.

Attempts to define or delimit the territory covered by "the deep south" are undertaken in vain. There are as many Souths in letters as there are readers and writers. Welcome to all.

(For the purposes of helping folks find this little cranny of LT, I will list some southern things: alabama, florida, georgia, mississippi, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, kudzu, sweet tea, football, african american, spanish moss, bourbon, civil war, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'connor, Harper Lee, Walker Percy - and newer writers like Fannie Flagg, Rick Moody, Anne Rivers Siddons, Rick Bragg, Mark Childress, Jill McCorkle, Cormac McCarthy.....)

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Need help from Faulkner fans18 ungelesen / 18bookslaura, Januar 21
Currently Reading…1 ungelesen / 1PatrickMurtha, Juli 2023
New member looking for suggestions/discussion32 ungelesen / 32Crypto-Willobie, Juni 2021
gods in alabama3 ungelesen / 3aspirit, Dezember 2020
Most Influential Southern Novel24 ungelesen / 24Top.Notch.Hill, Dezember 2019
calder willingham the neglected genius10 ungelesen / 10mysticskeptic, Januar 2019
Newbie to Faulkner needs some advice...85 ungelesen / 85laytonwoman3rd, Oktober 2018
Cormac McCarthy25 ungelesen / 25frahealee, September 2018
Eudora Welty Recommendation?10 ungelesen / 10frahealee, September 2018
Flannery O'Connor6 ungelesen / 6frahealee, September 2018
magick in literature5 ungelesen / 5Moochpaw42, April 2016
Greetings from deep south Texas!3 ungelesen / 3GingerECastro1980, April 2015
Looking for great new Southern writers?1 ungelesen / 1kdunkelberg, September 2014
Deep South Magazine Summer 2014 Reading List6 ungelesen / 6JaneAustenNut, August 2014
Adopt My Extensive Book Collection - Miami area3 ungelesen / 3jordantaylor, Juni 2014
William Gay Dead at 684 ungelesen / 4laytonwoman3rd, Februar 2014
Note from Walker Percy18 ungelesen / 18randyattwood, April 2013
southern gothic literature50 ungelesen / 50Tracktack, September 2012
Harry Crews Dead2 ungelesen / 2rabornj, März 2012
Susan Wittig Albert's New Series1 ungelesen / 1marell, Februar 2012
Some Help for a Paper?2 ungelesen / 2varielle, August 2011
William Gay Interview2 ungelesen / 2jimsnopes, Juni 2011
Birthday Letter from Mark Twain2 ungelesen / 2Muscogulus, April 2011
expert in southern slang13 ungelesen / 13laytonwoman3rd, März 2011
Winter's Bone4 ungelesen / 4laytonwoman3rd, Juni 2010
Southern to the bone8 ungelesen / 8widge, Juni 2010
Barry Hannah2 ungelesen / 2geneg, März 2010
Best Southern Non-Fiction of all time2 ungelesen / 2Hagelstein, Januar 2010
New Yorker article on Atticus Finch, Southern Lit and Liberalism4 ungelesen / 4Dystopos, Januar 2010
A Southern Literary Trek5 ungelesen / 5tonyshaw14, Oktober 2009
Top 75 Authors5 ungelesen / 5andyray, September 2009
Poetic overlapping in As I Lay Dying5 ungelesen / 5phwtw, Juli 2009
James Dickey (1923–97)3 ungelesen / 3mrkurtz, Juni 2009
The Known World3 ungelesen / 3SaintSunniva, März 2009
The Sound of Building Coffins3 ungelesen / 3tobypress, Februar 2009
ENGL E-1751 ungelesen / 1Dystopos, Januar 2009
Southern Literary Trail3 ungelesen / 3laytonwoman3rd, Oktober 2008
Erskine Caldwell4 ungelesen / 4geneg, August 2008
August-September 2008 Book of the Month1 ungelesen / 1Dystopos, August 2008
July 2008 Book of the Month14 ungelesen / 14Dystopos, August 2008
Annual Faulkner Conference at Ole Miss9 ungelesen / 9laytonwoman3rd, Juni 2008
No more book of the month?13 ungelesen / 13Dystopos, Juni 2008
Faulkner: question concerning Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun3 ungelesen / 3ateolf, Juni 2008
southern audio4 ungelesen / 4GeorgiaDawn, Juni 2008
The Well and the Mine2 ungelesen / 2laytonwoman3rd, Juni 2008
March 2008 Book of the Month20 ungelesen / 20LouisBranning, April 2008
February 2008 Book of the Month12 ungelesen / 12andyray, März 2008
Savannah Book Festival - February 2, 2008 - 10a-4pm - Free!1 ungelesen / 1SqueakyChu, Februar 2008
New Faulkner Blog - Blog Roll Exhange1 ungelesen / 1TreeOfMirrors, Januar 2008
The Stories of Flannery and Faulkner: A Conference and Celebration1 ungelesen / 1DromJohn, Januar 2008
January, 2008 book of the month14 ungelesen / 14Dystopos, Januar 2008
November 2007 Book of the Month10 ungelesen / 10GeorgiaDawn, Dezember 2007
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood7 ungelesen / 7sintari, Dezember 2007
Deep South Message Board76 ungelesen / 76andyray, Dezember 2007
January 2008 Book of the Month3 ungelesen / 3Dystopos, Dezember 2007
December 2007 Book of the Month2 ungelesen / 2Dystopos, November 2007
October 2007 Book of the Month5 ungelesen / 5Dystopos, November 2007
southern bigotry11 ungelesen / 11geneg, November 2007
May 2007 Book of the Month13 ungelesen / 13Dystopos, Oktober 2007
October 2007 Book of the Month14 ungelesen / 14Dystopos, Oktober 2007
September 2007 Book of the Month9 ungelesen / 9Dystopos, Oktober 2007
New Southern Photography Book--Joe York on roadside religion9 ungelesen / 9TheresaWilliams, September 2007
At the Moon's Inn1 ungelesen / 1DromJohn, September 2007
October 2007 Book of the Month1 ungelesen / 1Dystopos, September 2007
August 2007 Book of the Month14 ungelesen / 14Dystopos, September 2007
July Book Of The Month9 ungelesen / 9Dystopos, August 2007
thank you4 ungelesen / 4andyray, Juli 2007
ferrol sams3 ungelesen / 3geneg, Juli 2007
Misrepresentations or Misconceptions of the South in Literature19 ungelesen / 19andyray, Juni 2007
June 2007 Book of the Month1 ungelesen / 1Dystopos, Juni 2007
Two Remarkable Non-Fiction Books by Two Remarkable Southern Novelists2 ungelesen / 2Seajack, Mai 2007
April 2007 Book of the Month10 ungelesen / 10Dystopos, Mai 2007
Book of the Month - April 200722 ungelesen / 22geneg, April 2007
New member5 ungelesen / 5CarolinaCatherine, März 2007
Another Southern group3 ungelesen / 3CarolinaCatherine, März 2007
Book of the Month - October3 ungelesen / 3Dystopos, Oktober 2006
Book of the Month14 ungelesen / 14Dystopos, Oktober 2006
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