I’ve just finished reading Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan. It was our book club selection for January. I see why this work is so highly praised. Morgan’s talent for prose and attention to detail is stunning. Boone puts flesh and bones onto the myth of this American hero. While reading the 400-plus page tome, I couldn’t help but envision …
2012 calendar filling up
2011 was a banner year for me, but the coming year promises to be a busy one as well. January brings an appearance with award-winning poet John Lane at Poetry Hickory on Jan. 10 at Taste Full Beans coffee house. This monthly gathering in Hickory is arranged by Scott Owens who welcomes prose writers as well. I am honored to …
Fast away the old year passes
It’s time to take stock of the old year and think about ringing in the new. 2011 has been a banner year. I finished my MFA, released my first story collection and took the book on the road to signings and readings. I drew from my experience in graduate school to present research on what makes a story Southern, and …
Give the gift of “Bob”
The holiday shopping season is in full-swing and books are always make great gifts. What better gift for the Robert Redford fan in your life (including yourself) than Dining with Robert Redford & Other Stories? I’ll be happy to sign a copy. Order through the website and shoot me an email about the inscription at tamra@tamrawilson.com . Of course you …
Visit the 1920s with these novels
If you’re into the Jazz Age, let me recommend two outstanding books by Caroline Preston: The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt (2011) and Gatsby’s Girl (2006). The covers of both of these books jumped out at me perusing the stacks at the public library where I work. I picked Scrapbook off the new books shelf and once I opened the cover, …