Priscilla Wilson has penned an excellent family saga covering 12 generations and four centuries in America, told in the voices of the women who helped build it.
Category Archives: Book Reviews
2025 GAYA Winner for First Novel: A Book to Savor
The 2025 Georgia Author of the Year Awards were announced today by the Georgia Writers Association (GWA). I couldn’t be more thrilled by at least one of the selections.
My Memoir Cited as an SLR ‘Book of Note’
My memoir is a Book of Note in the December issue of the Southern Literary Review. See the article here.
A Nicely Detailed Review
My book got its most in-depth review to date today on Chapter 16, a highly regarded online literary publication by Humanities Tennessee. Needless to say, I’m thrilled.
A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out and It’s Good
What inspired the young Henry Thoreau to build a cabin on Walden Pond in his late 20s … and what drove him to abandon it after a little more than two years? My longtime friend Michael Sims answers these intriguing questions in this wonderful biography.
A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out and It’s Good
If you think you know Atlanta history, I venture to say you have lots more to learn by reading Jeff Clemmons’ fascinating book about Rich’s department store.
A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out (One of Many) and It’s Good
I wish I knew Mark Wallace Maguire’s secret. A family man, he also holds down a demanding job as a communications professional. He’s also the author of eight books, including this entertaining and intriguing adventure story.
A Friend of Mine Has A Book Out and It’s Good
In a world of breezily researched and hastily written TikTok bestsellers, what a pleasure to read a novel as deeply grounded in historical fact and as impeccably crafted as this one.
A Friend of Mine Has a Book Out and It’s Good
“Now I can no longer imagine living in any other region of the country,” writes Martin Lehfeldt about the South, though the native Northeasterner didn’t always feel that way. In his thoroughly engaging and perfectly titled memoir, YOU’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YOU?, Martin tells the story of his transformation since the 1960s to naturalized Southerner.
An American (Food Writer) in Paris
Love books about food? Here’s a good one.
Mike Coleman 