Get Your Gatsby On
With retailers from Tiffany’s to Brooks Brothers rolling out Gatsby collections in anticipation of the film, there’s no excuse not to dress the part on May 10. You won’t be able to help but be inspired...
View ArticleHow Great is Gatsby Again?
Rereading “The Great Gatsby” for the first time since high school. By Rebecca Lynn Aulph Recently, while my boyfriend and I browsed Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, he asked me if there was a book I...
View ArticleGatsby Companion Reading List
Sure, now is a great time to re-read “The Great Gatsby” or read it for the first time so you know what everyone’s talking about, but if you want to further your Fitzgerald knowledge, there are several...
View ArticleLiterary Friday, Gatsby Edition
It’s finally here. The day we’ve all been waiting for since the first trailer was released last spring. “The Great Gatsby” actually opened last night at 10 p.m., but today it’s in theaters everywhere...
View ArticleOur Best Literary Moments of 2013
Thanks for joining us for Literary Friday each week during the past year. We’ve enjoyed meeting friends who love reading and Southern literature as much as we do and look forward to more chats in the...
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Talkin’ Funny With Ken Wheaton A Cajun living in New York, Ken Wheaton was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and is the author of three novels set in his home state. His latest, Sweet as Cane, Salty as...
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Sponsored By A Sporting Life Pat Conroy has said “Nobody picks at the scabs of South Carolina like her native son, Ken Burger.” Burger spent almost 40 years writing for two South Carolina newspapers, a...
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Literary News Fans of Rita Leganski got some exciting news via her Facebook page this week. Leganski announced she had sent off the complete manuscript for her second novel, which follows her magical...
View ArticleHistory on the Rocks: Gin, Merriment, Madness and Malaria
A history of the liquid madness that takes a special place in literature and the edge off a “broiling” summer day. by Andrew J. Avery I can distinctly remember my first gin and tonic, ordered in a...
View ArticleLouisville: The Beginnings of The Great Gatsby
By Trish Foxwell “You can’t repeat the past, why of course you can.” – Jay Gatsby to Nick Carraway F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribners) When F. Scott Fitzgerald stepped off the train in Louisville in 1918...
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