“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.” ~ Flannery O’Conner
Category Archives: River of Grass Writing Experience
Are You Mad?
“[…]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!” ~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Writing New Southern Gothic
“… funerals are pretty compared to deaths. Funerals are quiet, but deaths—not always.”
~ Tennessee Williams
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Rumor has it …
Rumor has it that Honey’s Paw Paw murdered her Mama’s mama, and Maw Maw ain’t talkin’. It don’t get much more Southern Gothic than that. Come study the classics and find out what makes NEW Southern Gothic fresh and exciting, at River of Grass Writing Experience – Writing New Southern Gothic. Saturday, July 14th, 2-5 p.m. Register here.