The Alumni Grill: Anthology of Southern Writers — William Gay

As the popular 'Blue Moon Café' series moves into its third volume, 'The Alumni Grill' showcases award-winning veterans from the first two 'Blue Moon Café' collections, handpicked by editors William Gay and Suzanne Kingsbury. In this stunning anthology of Southern prose and poetry, beloved authors such as Tom Franklin, Suzanne Hudson, and Brad Watson take us from the Deep South of Alabama, through backcountry Mississippi, to the hills of Appalachia. We feel the aftermath of murder, marvel at motherhood, taste sumptuous Southern cooking, stay out all night fishing, and ache from lost love. For fans of the 'Blue Moon Café' series and anyone who loves short fiction, 'The Alumni Grill' highlights the endlessly rich and varied voices of the South. 


About the Editors: 


William Gay is the author of the novels 'Provinces Of Night' and 'The Long Home' and of the short-story collection 'I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down'. He is the winner of the 1999 William Peden Award and the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize and recipient of a 2002 Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Hohenwald, Tennessee, where he is at work on his third novel. 


Suzanne Kingsbury is the author of the novels 'The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me' and 'The Gospel According to Gracey'. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1999 she became a literary nomad, living and writing in Mississippi, Georgia, Arizona, Panama, and Mexico. She currently lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she is at work on her third novel.