It’s something of a running joke that I can’t leave a Zoom without recommending at least 2 books now. I used literature to fight my desire to venture out into the world, to haunt cafes or desolate curry houses. I’ve collected 12 of the best books I read in 2020, with little focus on ranking them or divulging which I think is “the book of the year.”
Read moreVisions of Arkansas: An Introduction to Southern Gothic
Southern Gothic is more than a literary style and a semi-catchy country song. It is the lifeblood of the American South and the only culture Hadrian knows he’ll ever belong to, despite appearing to outsiders like the antithesis of everything the region embodies. That’s because outsiders have a distorted view of this place, and of Arkansas in particular.
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