The editors have assembled a team of scholars and writers to examine the South's contemporary literature. Addressing topics such as humour, the weight of the past, ethnicity and female oral tradition, they try to define Southern culture today and ask who will be writing its literature tomorrow.

Jefferson Humphries and John Lowe have assembled a remarkable team of scholars and writers to address topics such as the past, humor, black autobiography, ethnicity, and female oral traditions in an attempt to define Southern culture today and ask who will be writing Southern literature tomorrow.

Highly recommended for all academic libraries.