Margaret Mitchell and Mark Twain are two authors who are often discussed in the context of racism in literature. Gone With the Wind  a...

In 1917, H.L.  Mencken published an essay about what he saw as the abject, cultural wasteland of the American South, titled “The Sahar...

The idea of money, both the unlikely accumulation of it and the nerve racking experience of watching it run out, can be a pretty power...

The almond-shaped eyes with the little crease underneath, the rounded eyebrows and flawless complexion… they might hail from geographical ...

One more interesting tidbit from the Margaret Mitchell House: Long before she was producing Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction, young   Margar...

My little brother was in town this weekend, rounding out the list of Atlanta attractions he’s visited on previous trips. Our wanderings too...

Like Wallace Thurman and Neal Cassady, I was born in Salt Lake City. I went to the same high school as another Wallace, Wallace Stegner.  ...

We thought we'd start sharing some of our favorite quotes from the books we love, and do it in a way that's easy for you ladies to ...