Sunday Sentence #11

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David Abrams, debut novels, Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar, Southern literature, Sunday Sentence, Women writers

My weekly contribution to David Abrams’ “Sunday Sentence” project in which participants share the best sentence read during the past week “out of context and without commentary.”

Because life should be as simple as a bucket of fish caught a few miles offshore and a van full of produce bought at a roadside stand; It should be as sweet as a cube of melon the color of your heart.

SOURCE:Natalie Baszile‘s debut novel Queen Sugar 

 

Sunday Sentence #5

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Big World, David Abrams, Mary Miller, short story collection, Southern literature, Sunday Sentence, Women writers

Another contribution to David Abrams’ “Sunday Sentence” project in which participants share the best sentence read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”

It was just the two of us and things had been difficult since I’d grown breasts, they came between us.

SOURCE:Mary Miller’s short story collection Big World (quote is from “Leak”)

The Southern Lit Catch-Up Kit

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reading list, Southern literature

Watercolor by artist Jan Bouc

 

Didn’t quite make it to the Louisiana Book Festival this year? Yes, that was today. Don’t worry, darlin’, I’ve got you covered. Just step on over to my Southern Lit Catch-Up kit for your one-stop guide to classic and new voices in the genre. You’ll never look at iced tea the same way again. 🙂