Stephen Corey's carefully observed poems range in subject matter from the trivial ("The Uselessness of American Counties") to the mysterious ("Agnostic") to the resigned ("Divorce"). A thread runs through them all, though, a controlling intelligence and a subtle compassion that makes them of a piece in the way of William Stafford's best writing. "Hearing with My Son," about a child's struggle with autism, is stunning, and "The Invention of the Villanelle" will leave you muttering to yourself for days.

Synchronized Swimming

Literature & Fiction

Corey, Stephen

Poetry

Black Belt Press

Alabama Angels: And the Alabama Angels in Anywhere, L.A. (Lower Alabama)

Religion & Spirituality

Mary Barwick

Worship & Devotion

Red Clay & Vinegar: Looking at Family Through the Eyes of a Southern Child

Biographies & Memoirs

Griffith, Naomi Haines

Regional U.S.

Two years after the fall of Saigon, Thanh Ho is the shining star of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Birmingham. Her pizza-delivery business has brought success, envy, unwanted suitors, and pressure from the refugee community. Her problems seem far removed from the starvation, storms, and pirates she faced during her escape from Vietnam, which unfolds in a parallel story in Bonnie's masterful novel. Thanh Ho is a finely drawn, complex heroine who searches for peace, both inside and out.

Thanh Ho Delivers: A Novel

Bonnie, Fred

United States

The Best of Times: And Other Clues of the Meaning of Life

Self-Help

James A Buford Jr. Jr

Relationships

An Elmore County life

Thomas, Daniel H

This highly praised first novel by fiction writer Julia Oliver is the story of one young woman's struggle with fidelity and identity in depression-era rural Alabama. 
A beautifully narrated novel of time and place, Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky re-creates a southern summer when the depression and the boll weevil turned hopes to dust. With the extraordinary talent to make the reader see the Ball canning jars on the kitchen table, hear the clicks on the party line, and feel the bittersweet moments of 20-year-old Callie Tatum's first experiences with adult desire, Oliver portrays a young wife’s increasingly dangerous infidelity with cinematic precision and palpable suspense. Soon, with only her housekeeper as a confidant, Callie breaks society’s rules about race and class as well as her marriage vows. The result is a chain of events that will lead to tragedy and a woman’s stunning decision about love, passion, and the future of her life. 
Originally published in cloth in 1994, Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky received considerable attention nationally and became a featured selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club. Its inclusion in the Deep South Books series from The University of Alabama Press will extend the book’s reach and its life, while offering new readers access to the enthralling story. 
The richly drawn, fully developed characters of Buttermilk Sky live on in the reader’s mind long after the book has been finished. Against the emotional and physical isolation of rural Alabama in 1938, the threads of family ties, whispered gossip, old secrets, and unfulfilled dreams weave a powerful, evocative story that captivates its reader until the very last word.

Goodbye to the Buttermilk Sky

Oliver, Julia

Life of a Country Doctor

James Edward Cameron

The Shining Shining Path is a triumphant blend of magical realism and spiritual adventure which examines the power of love, forgiveness, and redemption in everyday lives. Its collison of Easter mysticism and Deep South culture ranges effortlessly from humor to profound emotion.

The Shining Shining Path

Short, Carroll Dale

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