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TrueSouth Season 8 - Trip 1 is in the books! We made all sorts of new friends traveling from middle Georgia, through Alabama, to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. South Carolina and Florida… you’re next! Season 8 coming this fall. SEC Network ESPN Disney+ John T Edge

TrueSouth Season 8 - Trip 1 is in the books! We made all sorts of new friends traveling from middle Georgia, through Alabama, to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. South Carolina and Florida… you’re next! Season 8 coming this fall. SEC Network ESPN Disney+ John T Edge

NYC book launch!! And two for the price of one as Laura Lippman and I talk "women of a certain age," money, movie inspirations and more at Books Are Magic on June 24. Register today! G. P. Putnam's Sons William Morrow eventbrite.com/e/megan-abbott…

Monitoring for the pope announcement

Huzzah!

Today is the LAST DAY for voting in The State Newspaper's 2025 Hot Dog Poll. As of this morning, B&S One Stop holds the lead but Pitmaster has come streaking up the chart and Rush's is not far behind. Get those votes in! thestate.com/news/local/art…

TrueSouth Season 8 - Film Trip 2 is ready to go!! South Carolina and Florida here we come!

Square Books extends our warmest congratulations to Mississippi's new Poet Laureate, Ann Fisher-Wirth. Ann will serve as the official state poet for the next four years, and we are excited to watch her work continue to inspire and honor the literary culture of our state.

Oxford pals, mark your calendars. I’m hosting a screening of one of my favorite films, Edgar G. Ulmer’s DETOUR, at the library on Saturday, June 14th at 2 pm. First of hopefully many films we’ll show as part of this new film noir screening series.

happy pub day to the man, the myth, the Michael Farris Smith LAY YOUR ARMOR DOWN is out now don’t miss it!

.Rob Long spent four seasons writing for Cheers, including for George Wendt, who died May 20 at 76. He looks back on those years and the brilliance of Norm’s unforgettable entrances. Full episode: theankler.com/p/cheers-and-a…

Dickey’s BBQ is the country’s largest BBQ chain. Brett Anderson at NYT talked to 37 former franchisees about their experience. Dickey’s drastically underestimated start-up costs, inflated revenue projections, and required vendors who over-charged for product. nytimes.com/2025/06/03/din…

C.J. Bartunek for Oxford American : oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

Thank you kind sir

HAPPY PUB DAY to literary superstar (and one of the most generous guys in publishing), S.A.Cosby!! I'm fifty pages in and utterly swept up in it its Shakespearean swirl. Magisterial.

Paella is Spain's most famous dish, but the real thing is almost impossible to find outside the Valencian Community. That's why I'm taking a small group there to sample it in situ — before we move on to Alicante, where the rice dishes are possibly even better. DM me for details.

SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET is about a mother and son, but it’s also about how some fathers—even when they’re gone—give you trouble in your blood. It’d make for an ace Father’s Day gift (especially if your old man’s on the lam). penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961/s…

here’s an early look at one of my favorite chapters from MB42 much love and many thanks to Arkansas Times for publishing this preview arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

Mercedes Kane for National Geographic : nationalgeographic.com/health/article…

That’s the way to do it!