William Faulkner may be one of the most well-known writers of the 20th century. But you might not associate his name with southern literature if not for Louis Rubin. Rubin helped develop the genre of ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - What is Southern Literature? That was the topic of discussion at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature conference in Gulfport. “How do we talk about Southern ...

The Southern Lit Alliance’s signature event, the Celebration of Southern Literature, will return to Chattanooga for its seventeenth year on April 18-20, with events based around the works of ...

Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part column. The second piece will be published in Ovation on Feb. 10. Missouri has long dipped its toe into the edge of the deep swamp that is Gothic ...

US Southern literature? Isn't that something to do with Huck Finn, rocking chairs on the porch, mint juleps and evil plantation owners? Not necessarily. Literary scholar Martyn Bone from the ...

Walter Sullivan, 82, an authority on Southern literature who taught 51 years at Vanderbilt University, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Nashville, university officials announced. Sullivan studied ...

Like its predecessor, SLJ (Southern Literary Journal), conceived out of the turbulence of 1968, south makes its first appearance in the global uncertainty and national unrest that has characterized ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- To the degree that Southern literature may be said to exist at all anymore, it is characterized by the trials and tribulations of poor whites. Welcome to the Rough South, where ...

Jamie Kornegay's Soil is Southern Gothic at its best: atmospheric, dark, and funny. Kornegay, a bookseller for over a decade in addition to being an author, picks the best Southern Gothic books. As a ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...