The inaugural award of the Gilchrist Prize in Short Fiction goes to Alyce Miller for her story Missing.  It is included in Issue #3 of China Grove. Buy it now!

I’m not going to start off with the pretense that this is an unbiased review. I have long thought Gilchrist to be one of the most talented writers of the second pantheon of Southern writers. She stood alongside the likes of Willie Morris, Walker Percy, Shelby Foote, and Barry Hannah and she more than held […]

Spent two days at the Welty festival, meeting artists, writers, scholars and the like. Had a wonderful time. Came home, went to the farm. Dealt with wild hogs wallowing out my crossings and a neighbor’s dog having a seizure. Also had a wonderful time (not the dog, I guess). Got home and found out that […]

If you need something to do this week head on up to Columbus, MS for the 25th Annual Welty Festival at Mississippi University for Women. Featured writers include China Grove alumni, Ellen Gilchrist, Michael Farris Smith, and Kendall Dunkelberg. Luke and I will both be up there, so come by and say, “Hi.” China Grove […]

An old friend died yesterday, Cornelia Graves Spain, and I have known her since the 10th grade. She has lived a life of grace and has been a voice of support for the town of Luray, Virginia and the region of the Shenandoah Valley her whole life long. She joined in an experimental piece of […]