The Bookies will meet on Tuesday\, August 8 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Nat chez\, Mississippi by Richard Grant. If you need a copy of the book\, plea se contact Katie: kmoellerin g@oneallibrary.org or 205-445-1118.
\nReviewers of the book note :
\n"[An] entertaining and informative travelogue...Readers will be enthralled by Grant&rsquo\;s lively prose and the colorful contradictions of this unique and haunted place."&mdash\;Publishers Weekly \;(starred review)
\n"This richly layered book offers a multifaceted view of t he culture and history of an American city that\, in its history\, reveals the roots of the racial conflicts that continue to haunt the American psy che. \;An entertaining and thought-provoking memoir and sociological p ortrait."&mdash\;Kirkus Reviews
\n"Grant deftly and pointedly juxtap oses anecdotes of garden club turf wars among the city&rsquo\;s wealthy\, white elite with appalling accounts of slave auctions\, life under Jim Cro w rule\, and the continuing inequality still facing the city&rsquo\;s Blac k residents. At a time when our country once again attempts to confront it s systemic racism\, Grant&rsquo\;s potent examination of the confluence of white and African American cultures presents a timely overview of the sou rce of many deep-seated misperceptions and struggles." &mdash\;Booklist&nb sp\;(starred review)
\n&ldquo\;Grant plops himself in the town of Na tchez\, Mississippi\, during its annual Tableaux. He chronicles the antebe llum-themed pageant&rsquo\;s organizers&rsquo\; struggles to keep it relev ant&mdash\;and their deeper conflicts about what it represents&mdash\;with empathy\, skepticism\, and exquisitely dry wit. One local&rsquo\;s quip t o Grant sums it up perfectly: &lsquo\;This whole town is like a Southern&n bsp\;Twin Peaks.&rsquo\;&rdquo\;&mdash\;Jonathan Miles\, \;Garden & \; Gun
\n&ldquo\;Use a random number generator and you&rsquo\;ll alw ays land on a page that will leave you chuckling\, lifting your jaw off th e floor or shaking your head in dismay&hellip\;Though filled with wild and woolly tales\, Grant&rsquo\;s travelogue also posits Natchez as a stand-i n for the nation and a guidepost pointing the way forward.&rdquo\; \;& mdash\;Stuart Miller\, \;The Los Angeles Times
\nRichard Grant i s an award-winning \;author\, journalist\, and television host. He cur rently writes for \;Smithsonian \;magazine\, \;The New York Ti mes\, Al Jazeera America\, the \;Telegraph \;(UK)\, and several ot her publications. He grew up in London\, England\, and now lives in Jackso n\, Mississippi. His latest book is \;Dispatches from Pluto\, \;a& nbsp\;New York Times \;bestseller and Winner of the Pat Conroy Souther n Book Prize. His previous books are \;Crazy River\, \;God&rsquo\; s Middle Finger\, and \;American Nomads.
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