On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in October 2023.

We will consider books with a southern literary theme that have not been read by the group in the last 24 months. The two categories are books originally published in or before 1990 or those published after 1990. You may make one nomination in each category. Authors may not nominate their own works. Please post your nominations below and specify which category you are nominating it for.

Nominations will stay open for one week or until we receive six nominations in each category. Voting will take place in the first ten days of next month.

The eligible nominations received will be listed below:

Books originally published in or before 1990
1. A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, by Eudora Welty
2. Geronimo Rex, by Barry Hannah
3. The Elementals, by Michael McDowell
4. 'night, Mother, by Marsha Norman
5. Cheer Leader, by Jill McCorkle
6. Lancelot, by Walker Percy
Books originally published after 1990
1. The Caretaker, by Ron Rash
2. Moon Lake, by Joe R. Lansdale
3. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
4. Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson
5. The Woods Are Waiting, by Katherine Greene
6. Pelican Road, by Howard Bahr

Pre-1990: Eudora Welty, A Curtain of Green (1941)

Post-1990: Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake (2021)

Post The Caretaker by Ron Rash
publishes Sept 26th

Pre-1990:
Geronimo Rex by Barry Hannah

Pre1990
Looks like a great read for October and received much love in the September polls. Looks easy to find and audio available.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Pre 1990
'night, Mother, Marsha Norman
This Pulitzer-Prize winning play also kind of fits the Halloween theme.

The Caretaker by Ron Rash

Post 1990
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

For the Post 1990, I would like to nominate Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson.

Laura wrote: "Pre1990
Looks like a great read for October and received much love in the September polls. Looks easy to find and audio available.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3..."

The Elementals is definitely a good Halloween read.

The Woods Are Waiting by Katherine Greene for post 1990

Pre 1990 written in 1984 Cheer Leader by Jill McCorkle

One more nomination for each category is needed to wrap this up. We really have some great selections so far.

pre 1990 Lancelot Walker Percy
post 1990 Pelican Road Howard Bahr

That should wrap it up.

The polls have been set up and will open at midnight, Eastern time.