Tag: W.J. Cash
Reading the South: A Primer
Reading about the South with any measure of objectivity is hard, if not damn near impossible. No other region in American history has been so heavily politicized or saddled with so much historical and semiotic baggage as the Deep South. There are few places, even in academia (or perhaps especially in academia) where one can [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Books, History and Culture, Reading the South.
Tags: C. Vann Woodward, James Cobb, Reading the South, Richard Weaver, W.J. Cash
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Reading the South Part 1: Where We Are
“Reading the South” will be an ongoing series about beginning an understanding of the South through literature, music, and art.
A reader wrote me this week inquiring about a number of things, and where to find good Southern writing was at the top of his list. My answer was long and, I admit, a bit [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Journals, Reading the South.
Tags: Books, Journals, Reading the South, Short Fiction, W.J. Cash
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