On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

The Southern Literary Trail is now accepting nominations for books that the group will be reading in August 2022.

We will consider books with a southern literary theme that have not been read by the group in the last 24 months. Per our recently revised criteria, the two categories are books originally published in or before 1990 or those published after 1990. You may make one nomination in each category. Authors may not nominate their own works. Please post your nominations below and specify which category you are nominating it for.

Nominations are now closed. Voting will take place in the first ten days of next month.

The eligible nominations received will be listed below:

Books originally published in or before 1990
1. The Time It Never Rained, by Elmer Kelton
2. The Reivers, by William Faulkner
3. The Widow's Trial, by John Ehle
4. Giant, by Edna Ferber
5. Woe to Live on, by Daniel Woodrell
6. In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, by Ellen Gilchrist
Books originally published after 1990
1. The Brighter the Light, by Mary Ellen Taylor
2. West, by Carys Davies
3. Nightwoods, by Charles Frazier
4. Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison
5. Shifty's Boys, by Chris Offutt
6. That Distant Land: The Collected Stories, by Wendell Berry

FYI: Laura has indicated that the Moderator’s Choice selection for July will be Requiem by Fire, by Wayne Caldwell. Those of us who read and enjoyed Cataloochee may enjoy a chance to revisit the same fertile Appalachian ground that provided the setting for Caldwell’s first novel.

For the post-1990 read, I would like to nominate The Brighter the Light by Mary Ellen Taylor.

John wrote: "For the post-1990 read, I would like to nominate The Brighter the Light by Mary Ellen Taylor."

Nominated. I love a good shipwreck story.

For post 1990's I nominate West by Carys Davies - hoping it fits the criteria.

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "For post 1990's I nominate West by Carys Davies - hoping it fits the criteria."

I don't know much about this book but it does seem to have a link to Kentucky and early-American exploration so I will allow it, barring conflicting opinions from readers more familiar with it.

I would like to try again with a pre-1990 nomination for The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton, 1973, 399 pages.

For post-1990, I’d like to nominate Nightwoods by Charles Frazier, 2011, 259 pages.

Pre-1990 Nomination goes to THE REIVERS, by Mr. William C. Faulkner. Post-1990 BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, by Dorothy Allison.

We have several brilliant nominations so far.

For post-1990, I’ll nominate Chris Offutt’s sequel to last October’s Mod Choice, ‘The Killing Hills.’ Mick Hardin returns in Shifty’s Boys.

Pre 1990

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Pre 1990 The Widow's Trial

Gosh, to nominate or not? That is the question this month! So many great titles to choose from. But I will throw in

For pre 1990: Woe to Live on by Daniel Woodrell

For post 1990: That Distant Land: The Collected Stories by Wendell Berry

Looks like that wraps it up for post 1990. We need one more nomination for pre.

Looks like in the list in message 1 the two books I nominated need to be switched?

Lori wrote: "Looks like in the list in message 1 the two books I nominated need to be switched?"

Right you are. My mistake.

For Pre-1990: In The Land Of Dreamy Dreams

Okay, that does it for August nominations. Looks like some good ones to choose from.