Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize.&nb sp\; From the author of the bestselling #ReadWithJenna/TODAY Show book clu b pick Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss. \;
\nFor the past four years\, Margaret Renkl&rsquo\;s columns have offered re aders of The New York Times a weekly dose of natural beauty\, human decenc y\, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. Now more than sixty of those pieces have been brought together in this sparkling new collection.
\n&ldquo\;People have often asked me how it feels to be the &lsquo\ ;voice of the South\,&rsquo\;&rdquo\; writes Renkl in her introduction. &l dquo\;But I&rsquo\;m not the voice of the South\, and no one else is\, eit her.&rdquo\; There are many Souths&mdash\;red and blue\, rural and urban\, mountain and coast\, Black and white and brown&mdash\;and no one writer c ould possibly represent all of them. In Graceland\, At Last\, Renkl writes instead from her own experience about the complexities of her homeland\, demonstrating along the way how much more there is to this tangled region than many people understand. \; In a patchwork quilt of personal and r eported essays\, Renkl also highlights some other voices of the South\, pe ople who are fighting for a better future for the region. A group of teena gers who organized a youth march for Black Lives Matter. An urban shepherd whose sheep remove invasive vegetation. Church parishioners sheltering th e homeless. Throughout\, readers will find the generosity of spirit and de ep attention to the world\, human and nonhuman\, that keep readers returni ng to her columns each Monday morning. \; From a writer who &ldquo\;ma kes one of all the world&rsquo\;s beings&rdquo\; (NPR)\, Graceland\, At La st is a book full of gifts for Southerners and non-Southerners alike.
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