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Alice Walker Through the Years
A decade-dent birthday tribute to an American author, poet and activist. By Rebecca Lynn Aulph In Eatonton, Georgia, on February 9, 1944, two sharecroppers living under the laws of the Jim Crow South...
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Happy Birthday to Carson McCullers!
Sometimes overlooked and not as well known as Flannery O’Connor or Eudora Welty, Georgia author Carson McCullers deserves a day of recognition. Born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus on February 19, 1917,...
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Joshilyn Jackson Was Born Today
Many of our birthday tributes here are to authors who have passed away, but today’s is for a very much living (and still writing, we hope) Georgia author. In books like “Gods in Alabama” and “The Girl...
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Visiting Flannery O'Connor on her Birthday
Flannery O’Connor’s birthday today marks the beginning of spring and the perfect time to visit the landmarks of her life in Georgia. Lafayette Square in Savannah is the site of O’Connor’s Childhood...
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Tracking Tennessee
On the heels of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival falls the great Southern playwright’s birthday today. We spent the weekend celebrating and toasting Tennessee all over New Orleans...
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Have You Heard of Barry Hannah?
A birthday tribute to the late Mississippi author by Kayla Smith. “Ask people about him, and either they’ll say they’ve never heard the name (despite his nominations for both the National Book Award...
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Celebrating Zelda Fitzgerald's Birthday
Zelda Fitzgerald was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on July 24, 1900. She was the sixth and youngest child of Minnie and Judge Anthony Sayre. Named for a gypsy queen in one of her mother’s novels, Zelda...
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Inside Tennessee Williams' Key West Birthday Party
The Florida town where the playwright was known simply as “Tom” celebrates his birthday publicly for the first time. by Cerith Mathias Wednesday, March 26, was declared the first ever official...
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Key West Celebrates Tennessee Williams
Birthday events honoring the playwright are scheduled through March in the town he called the most fantastic place in America. Last March, Cerith Mathias went inside Tennessee Williams’ birthday party...
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Life With Eudora Welty
Actress Brenda Currin talks about her life as a Welty lover and adapter in celebration of the author’s birthday. by Cerith Mathias This story has been updated from 2015. Brenda Currin is an actress of...
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