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.....)

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