Shipwrecks, scalawags and scandal, oh my! Local author Grace Fleming’s third novel “A History of Misbehavior: Pirates, Pickpockets, Prostitutes and Parishioners in Colonial Savannah” has it all. From readers interested […]
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Susan Earl’s debut novel In the Dark explores a side of the city few see
With almost four decades of living in Savannah behind her, Earl brings intimate local knowledge to her first novel.
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Ann Hood: The books that mattered most
ALL of us cherish the books that affected us in childhood—the love stories that made us pine, the tragedies that made us cry, the epics that opened our eyes to […]
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Literary son Zach Powers returns for lecture at Flannery O’Connor Home
With Gravity Changes, the winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize has channeled the quirkiness of his hometown into tightly-written, mind-stretching stories that feature children who walk on walls, lightbulbs as romantic partners and yaks that talk.
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Savannah Book Festival: Jay McInerney’s Bright Star
McInerney was once as famous for his party game as his storytelling skills.
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Dear folks, everything is possible
Before their stories converged, however, there were two tremendously different tales.
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Author Judy Fogarty sets her novel during the golden age of tennis
SOMEWHERE in the late 1970s, the sport of tennis went from quietly refined to downright bombastic. Think of Jimmy Connors’ fist-pumping antics or a red-faced John McEnroe breaking his racket […]
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An American in Cuba
“My dad saw how I was grieving and said he would buy me a plane ticket anywhere in the world I wanted to go, so I said, ‘Cuba'”
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Best New Local Book
Josh Vasquez knows what they all say: “You can try and leave Savannah, but it always brings you back.” It’s even harder to leave when the place’s infested with zombies. […]
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It’s diamonds, darling
In her book, Clarity, Cut and Culture: The Many Meanings of Diamonds, Falls also examines diamonds through the lens of semiotics, the study of meaning.
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Heralding the ‘wild woman’ of Cumberland Island
An award-winning environmental journalist and former park ranger, Harlan spent 19 years tailing Carol Ruckdeschel as she’s battled for the island’s future.
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Spirits of Savannah entwines history, legend and lavish art
Phantom piano players, mystical mirrors and eternal Jones Street resident Eliza Thompson make eerie appearances.