On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in March 2025.

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. In the latter case, we will no longer consider nominations for new books unless they have been available for at least four months prior to the date we begin reading the book. 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. Airships, by Barry Hannah
2. Sweet Bird of Youth, by Tennessee Williams
3. The Fugitive Poets: Modern Southern Poetry in Perspective, by William Pratt
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
5. Around the World on a Bicycle, by Fred A. Birchmore
6. Blood and Grits, by Harry Crews
Books originally published after 1990
1. Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories, by Brad Watson
2. The Girls in the Stilt House, by Kelly Mustian
3. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, by Kristin Levine
4. Hearts of Mercy, by Joan Donaldson
5. No One Is Coming to Save Us, by Stephanie Powell Watts
6. The Collected Breece D'J Pancake: Stories, Fragments, Letters

Pre 1990: Airships by Barry Hannah
Post 1990: Last Days of the Dog-Men by Brad Watson

Post 1990 Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian

Sweet Bird of Youth, a play by Tennessee Williams, written 1959.

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine post 1990 The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

Post 1990

Hearts of Mercy by Joan Donaldson

pre-1990
The Fugitive Poets: Modern Southern Poetry in Perspective edited by William Pratt

This book is more for those with a historical interest in Southern Literature and features pretty much the same writers from the Southern Agrarians this time writing for Vanderbilt's Fugitive poetry magazine in the early 1920's. Some of the poets included are Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, and Robert Penn Warren and its influence on Southern literature and the study of Southern literature makes it interesting.

Post 1990 - No One is Coming to Save us by Stephanie Powell Watts

Pre - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
Post - The Collected Breece D’J Pancake, Stories, Fragments, Letters, Breece D’J Pancake

That looks like a wrap for post 1990. We still need 2 more for pre.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

For pre1990

This one may be a little borderline southern. Author from Georgia and book starts there. I think Charles Frazier recommended this book in an interview.

On my nomination it’s by a different author, Fred birchmore

Pre - published 1979

Blood and Grits by Harry Crews

That looks like it does it Sandi.

Laura wrote: "On my nomination it’s by a different author, Fred birchmore"

Corrected

The nominations are now closed. Polls will be set up at the end of the month.