The only place to visit the Mobile I left behind 45 years ago is in my head -- and "the peanut shop." My story in the current Garden & Gun on the store that brings Mobilians together, one goober at a time: gardenandgun.com/articles/mobil…

Never mind that he was born in Nebraska and chooses Gatorade over bourbon and sweet tea—the author Nicholas Sparks is a Southern writer. Here, he talks his favorite towns, getting Southern accents right, and his new novel, the St. Pete Beach–set Dreamland: ow.ly/yUQQ50KJl9S

Place this in your "must read" queue: @lee_durkee on hummingbirds, spiders, and gentrification, among other things.

In Garden & Gun, the great Morgan Babst writes about this hurricane moment with beauty and clarity Morgan gardenandgun.com/articles/forec…

Besides horses, the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Central Florida welcomed a medley of species—including a kangaroo—to hunker down during Hurricane Ian. Find more stories of how animals are weathering the storm here: bit.ly/3UNKrw2 #hurricaneian

No one else could tell a story quite like this... read @lee_durkee's powerful piece on Garden & Gun about ditching booze, communing with hummingbirds, watching a spider try to catch them, and what it's like to "go viral" from a porch in Mississippi gardenandgun.com/articles/a-mir…

Great stuff from CJ Lotz and the great Annie Proulx

Describe your new book in one sentence: "It’s 450 pages long—no way." Fair enough John Grisham gardenandgun.com/articles/a-sou…

We are heartbroken to hear of the death of Leslie Jordan, the Tennessee-born actor. In a 2020 article for G&G, Jordan reflected on his role as quarantine-era comic relief. “People now know me for me,” he said. That “me” was positively inimitable, and we will miss him dearly.

Loved talking with you Jerry Saltz

Now that’s love. Enjoyed learning about this couple and writing a bit about their story.

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Keep thinking about this one. Beautiful read

Always love the chance to shout out some of my favorite little towns in Western North Carolina, including sweet Franklin: gardenandgun.com/articles/the-c…

Ever heard of rolled oysters? No one knows the entire story behind these “steamy and sexy” fried delicacies from Louisville: ow.ly/hymN50OM5VS

“This is my love letter to this country and my love letter to my friends,” says Stacey Mei Yan Fong (#SCAD, B.F.A., fibers, 2010) about her new cookbook, 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the United States Through Pie. See in Garden & Gun gardenandgun.com/articles/a-pie…

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The scoop from CJ Lotz