Hi folks and welcome to Southern Fringes. I’m Charlie and I write and teach about southern literature and the history of books. This newsletter serves as a practical venue for me to publish my ideas about such subjects, as well as a few others that interest me such as southern cultures, academia, and higher education in the American south.
Additionally, I hope to use our — and I do me our — newsletter to engage in conversations about our reading experiences with literature. I'm keenly interested in all y'all's stories about your encounters with southern literature. I find it fascinating to hear people talk about their favorite stories: from their childhood and school-age readings to books they’re invested in at the moment, to talks they’ve attended to see best-loved or new writers talk about their work. To such ends, I encourage you to share such stories with me: drop me a line or leave a comment anytime.
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