{"product_id":"southern-writers-on-writing-susan-cushman-9781496815002","title":"Southern Writers on Writing","description":"Contributions by Julie Cantrell, Katherine Clark, Susan Cushman, Jim Dees, Clyde Edgerton, W. Ralph Eubanks, John M. Floyd, Joe Formichella, Patti Callahan Henry, Jennifer Horne, Ravi Howard, Suzanne Hudson, River Jordan, Harrison Scott Key, Cassandra King, Alan Lightman, Sonja Livingston, Corey Mesler, Niles Reddick, Wendy Reed, Nicole Seitz, Lee Smith, Michael Farris Smith, Sally Palmer Thomason, Jacqueline Allen Trimble, M. O. Walsh, and Claude Wilkinson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In \u003ci\u003eSouthern Writers on Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Cushman collects twenty-six writers from across the South whose work celebrates southern culture and shapes the landscape of contemporary southern literature. Contributors hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors such as Lee Smith, Michael Farris Smith, W. Ralph Eubanks, and Harrison Scott Key, among others, explore issues like race, politics, and family and the apex of those issues colliding. It discusses landscapes, voices in the South, and how writers write. The anthology is divided into six sections, including \"Becoming a Writer;\" \"Becoming a Southern Writer;\" \"Place, Politics, People;\" \"Writing about Race;\" \"The Craft of Writing;\" and \"A Little Help from My Friends.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Cushman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496815009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496815002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Susan Cushman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986893209855,"sku":"9781496815002","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc3be7ea-d5b8-4776-ba3d-2c3c2b6d4e1c.jpg?v=1683285784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/southern-writers-on-writing-susan-cushman-9781496815002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}