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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

'Tapestry' shortlisted (then semifinalisted, then finalisted) for Laramie Awards by Chanticleer International

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  The Laramie Awards feature 'Americana', and Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel made the short list, right alongside Susan Higginboth...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Shelf Unbound 2022 Award for 'Tapestry', as well!

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Proud to be a two-time overall-competition finalist in the Shelf Unbound Best Indie Books Awards. Silk received the 2021 medallion, and now...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

'Agnes Grey' by Anne Brontë Deserves the Utmost Respect

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Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is a morality tale, in essence, and provides a nice contrast to a few of my recent criticisms of both Charlotte B...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Fanny Kemble’s Damning Journal about Slavery on a Southern Plantation

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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 by Frances Anne Kemble is a series of journal entries that she wrote in the f...
Friday, October 21, 2022

‘Lady Susan’ by Jane Austen Is a Spiteful Piece of Work

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  Author Sophia Alexander with 'Lady Susan' by Jane Austen Mrs. Vernon waited on Lady Susan, shortly after her arrival in town; and...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Edwin Green's 'The Indians of South Carolina' is a Quick, Cheerful Read

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Author Sophia Alexander holding her comb-bound PDF copy of Edwin Green's charming volume about the natives of SC. In honor of Indigeno...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

'Tapestry' Long-Listed for the Laramie Book Awards by Chanticleer International

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I've just found out that both Susan Higginbotham's latest novel and my own were long-listed for the Laramie Book Awards 2022 by Chan...