The author notes a curious confluence early on in this generally praiseworthy set of essays, before he abandons altogether the inferences of his provocative subtitle. Arbery cites some damning local press that Nobel Laureate Seamus... Read More

Writers often need a distraction to alleviate writer’s block, but most would settle for something less than a double murder. That, however, is our hero’s unchosen antidote in this sequel to Weber’s Aluminum Hatch. After winning a... Read More

In the early 1970s, a series of federal court orders led to the dismantling of Parchman Farm, a prison as legendary—even notorious— as Alcatraz and Sing-Sing. The demise of this turn-of-the-century dinosaur, a throwback to the... Read More