Quotes about Southern literature

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No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a person fro — Natalie Goldberg
STAINSWith red clay between my toes,and the sun setting over my head,the ghost of my mother blows in,riding on a honeysu — Brenda Sutton Rose
A song rises up from the belly of my pastand rocks me in the bosom of buried memories. — Brenda Sutton Rose
Potential enemies make the best friends and lovers. Many a blessed union begins in adversity. — Randy Thornhorn, The Kestrel Waters
The woods are full of regional writers, and it is the great horror of every serious Southern writer that he will become — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
We are good at stories. We hoard them, like an old woman in a room full of boxes, but now and then we pull out our best, — Rick Bragg
My mama steps out of her dressand drops it, an inheritance falling to my feet.She stands alone: bathed, blooming,burdene — Brenda Sutton Rose
With red clay between my toes,and the sun setting over my head,the ghost of my mother blows in,riding on a honeysuckle b — Brenda Sutton Rose
Although I wasn't there to bear witness, I imagine Lot's wife scanned the masses for her children. Perhaps she sought ou — Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues