Contents

 

Prologue

1 - Once Upon a Time

2 - Southern Voices

3 - Across the Divide

4 - The Power of the Truth

5 - Darkness

6 - Just Telling a Story

7 - Poetry, Prose, and a Sense of Place

8 - Forgotten Histories

9 - Family Values

10 - The Classics and the Glory of the Stars

Epilogue—The Beat Goes On

 

Notes and Acknowledgments

Literary Index

About the Author