Precious Company soothes the listener’s nerves like a double shot of Johnnie Walker Black.
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Zora Neale Hurston’s Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
In the book’s Foreword, Tayari Jones wrote: “The stories in this fine collection are the tales of country folks–farmers, factory workers. And through their lives we experience the full range of human emotion.”
Kamikaze Biographer: The Jimmy McDonough Interview
(Gary Stewart and Jimmy McDonough. Photo by Carole Nicksin) "Life ain't worth living if it don't get out of hand sometime." --Gary Stewart I waited twenty-four years to interview the preeminent biographer, Jimmy McDonough. I followed his work like Captain Willard...
Jimmy Carter Rivers & Dreams: Rods, Reels, & Peace Deals Plus The One That Got Away by Jim Barger Jr. & Dr. Carlton Hicks
You don’t need fishing expertise to enjoy Jimmy Carter: Rivers & Dreams. Dr. Carlton Hicks and St. Simons Island native Jim Barger Jr. (owner of Righton Books) co-wrote this brilliant and beautiful book where the storytelling emits a Zen calmness, like morning fog hovering over Christmas Creek.
The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers
A Pound of Feathers resonates like a wicked soundtrack to this sinister year of 2026.
Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky Tonks by Jimmy McDonough
Jimmy McDonough met the Kentucky-born songwriter Gary Stewart in 1987. McDonough first watched Stewart perform six years earlier in New York City at the Lone Star Cafe. McDonough confessed, “It remains the greatest live performance I’ve ever witnessed. I entered...
Wildfire Reading: Larry Brown’s On Fire
Larry Brown’s book On Fire revolves around his seventeen years as a firefighter in Oxford, Mississippi.
Once Upon a Time in Atlanta by Raymond Andrews
Once Upon a Time in Atlanta preserves a vivid portrait of a bygone era.
King’s Kountry Produce & Florida Citrus
I heard Tommy King, a Lawtey, Florida, native farmed this land for over fifty years.
Ace Atkins: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Everybody Wants to Rule the World counts as Ace Atkins’ 31st book. Based in Atlanta during 1985, known as “The Year of the Spy”, the novel revolves around fourteen-year-old Peter Bennett who believes his mom’s new boyfriend Gary is a Russian agent. It’s a funny,...