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I would like to nominate The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington for before 1990
For AFTER 1990, I nominate Ben Stempton's Boy by Ron Yates.
For after 1990, I would like to nominate Dark Fire by Bernadette Rule, originally from Mayfield, KY.The book is not on the group bookshelves but deserves a place there. It is based on real events that took place in Kentucky in the 1920s.
I've been wanting to read The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - my pick Tom wrote: "The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in March 2022.
IMPORTANT NOTE
It appears that the times they are a-changin’. The recent poll that..."
Before 199o: [As I Lay Dying] by William Faulkner
Tom wrote: "The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in March 2022. IMPORTANT NOTE
It appears that the times they are a-changin’. The recent poll that..."
Tom wrote: "The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in March 2022.
IMPORTANT NOTE
It appears that the times they are a-changin’. The recent poll that..."
I would like to nominate The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau for Pre 1980/1990 March 2022.
I would like to nominate You Don't Know Us Negroes and other essays by Zora Neale Hurston for Post 1980/1990 March 2022
Please Note: The Zora Neale Hurston book was compiled and published in JANUARY 2022.
Thank you.
Post 1990: [Roadwalkers] by Shirley Ann Grau (1994)
I'm nominating for pre 1990 - Christy by Catherine Marshall for post 1990 The Road to Bittersweet by Donna Everhart
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I would like to nominate You Don't Know Us Negroes and other essays by Zora Neale Hurston for Post 1980/1990 March 2022
Please Note: The Zora Neale Hurston book was compiled and published in JANUARY 2022.."
The Keepers of the House is nominated.
As to Zora Neale Hurston's, post-mortem anthologies are generally assigned to the PRE category if the author died prior to the cut-off. While this book is definitely worthy of inclusion, I've made the difficult decision to not include it this month. As previously mentioned, even though it was technically published in 2022, Ms. Hurston died in 1960, which we have determined is a factor. I would assign it to the Pre-1990 category but you also nominated a book for that category. If you want to make a switch I will allow it. Finally, if Hurston's book has just been published this month, readers may find getting affordable copies difficult.
Bottom line, please nominate this book again in the future.
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for post 1990 The Road to Bittersweet by Donna Everhart"
Thank you for nominating Christy.
Your nomination for The Road to Bittersweet came in after six nominations were received so, unfortunately, it cannot be included. Please nominate it again in the future.
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We have room for one more Pree-1990 nomination.
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The polls for the March selections are open. Thanks to all of you who nominated and to all of you who participate. There are some excellent nominations on the ballot.
For the Pre-1990 nominations, Vote here!
For the Post-1990 poll, Vote here!
March is my month to choose the Moderator’s Choice selection but at the moment, I am torn between three different choices. I will let you know by the time voting closes what I have decided on.
The polls will remain open for ten days and the winners will be announced mid-month.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
It appears that the times they are a-changin’. The recent poll that I set up asking for our preferences for the new pre-and-post cutoff date shows that 1990 is leading by a narrow (one vote) margin. While I haven’t closed the poll yet and made a final determination, I figure that the March selections should be based on what the group favors so, temporarily at least, we will be reading books published before and after 1990, with books published in 1990 assigned to the before group. I will leave the date poll up for a while yet so that everyone who hasn’t cast a vote (or regrets the vote that they cast) can Vote here.
We will consider books with a southern literary theme that have not been read by the group in the last 24 months. There are two categories, 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. The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks, by Donald Harington
2. The Neon Rain, by James Lee Burke
3. As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
4. The Keepers of the House, by Shirley Ann Grau
5. Christy, by Catherine Marshall
6. Facing the Music, by Larry Brown
Books originally published after 1990
1. Ben Stempton's Boy, by Ron Yates
2. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
3. Dark Fire, by Bernadette Rule
4. Roadwalkers, by Shirley Ann Grau
5. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, by Kristin Levine
6. Surviving Savannah, by Patti Callahan
Nominations for the Post-1990 category are now closed.