Tag: Southern

Things Books and Movies Portray Incorrectly About the American South

.Reading time 9 minutes.

As a native of North Carolina and someone who has spent all of her 30+ years living in the southern United States, I often have beef with how the American South is depicted in books and movies.

So, buckle up, y’all. Let’s go off-roading into what books and movies often portray incorrectly about the South and how you can avoid these cliches in your writing.

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Southern Book Recs

.Reading time 10 minutes.

As a life-long native of a small, southern town in North Carolina, some of my favorite books to read are southern fiction. In this week’s post, I’m recommending some of my favorite southern reads that are accurate depictions of life in the south.

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