Books

Words For The Soul

By all accounts, Jerome Stern was a heck of a guy. He was generous, brilliant, and fiercely devoted to the literary arts. A beloved professor and director of Florida State University’s Creative Writing Program, he championed both emerging and established…

Comfort on Every Page

Girl Meets Griddle  The warning of “too many cooks in the kitchen” does not apply to When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers (America’s Test Kitchen, $40). Clocking in at more than…

Welcoming Words

To get to know poet and Professor James Kimbrell, it may be best to think of an analogy: Picture him as a multicolored quilt made up of educational patches, literary squares, pieces of sadness, and of great joy, love of…

Spreading Wings

The open road and time on your hands is as good an invitation to creativity as any, and in his early career, Mark Mustian had plenty of both. The bond attorney spent hours driving across the state to visit clients—municipalities…

Fresh Prints

Me, Myself, and I Slated for release March 20, Self-Portraits: From 1800 to the Present (Assouline, $160) boasts more than 60 self-portraits curated by art advisor Philippe Ségalot and studio manager Morgane Guillet. Presented chronology, the works cover a variety…

New Year, New Reading List

Curling up with a good book at the end of a long day is one of life’s finest pleasures. Whether you want to escape reality or build better habits, good books can take you wherever you want to go in…