New Books
| Oh for
Dixie! The Civil War Record and Diary of Capt. William V. Davis, edited by
Joe and Lavon Ashley, tells the compelling story of Captain Davis and the 30th
Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A., of Attala County and reveals the stark daily life
of the Civil War soldier. From Standing Pine Press, $19.95. |
Conversations
with Ellen Douglas, edited by Panthea Reid, is a collection of interviews
over three decades with one of the South’s most prominent writers. These conversations
reveal Douglas’s earthy frankness and her disdain for “portentous declaration,”
and her remarks exhibit her consistent concern with technique and craftsmanship.
Arranged chronologically, the interviews testify to the growth of Douglas’s remarkable
narrative sensibility. From University Press of Mississippi, cloth $45, paper
$18. |
Dixie:
A Personal Odyssey Through Events that Shaped the Modern South, by Curtis
Wilkie, is the story of this pre-eminent reporter’s evolution from his Pike County
youth through graduation from Ole Miss, 6 years with the Clarksdale Press Register,
and almost 30 years with the Boston Globe. A staunch liberal in a conservative
state, Wilkie explains why he had to come back to the South to live. From Scribner,
$26. |
Edward
Cohen’s memoir, The Peddler’s Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi,
is out in paper. Recommended in Booksense by independent booksellers, The Peddler’s
Grandson won the Author’s Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters
and the Nonfiction Award from the Mississippi Library Association. During the
week of March 25, Cohen will visit Mississippi bookstores to sign copies of his
book. From Bantam Dell, $12.95. | |
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