
Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks Wins 2024 Missouri Literary Award
“A compelling biography that delves into the life of a pioneering journalist who shaped the Ozarks and beyond.”
“A compelling biography that delves into the life of a pioneering journalist who shaped the Ozarks and beyond.”
“A page-turning, blood-boiling work of history that pulls the hoods off the architects of past vigilante violence to help us understand our perilous present moment.”
A fascinating look at how Arkansas went from being one of the country’s most solidly Democratic states to one of its most ardently Republican in just a few years.
“In Straw in the Sun, Charlie May Simon never indulges in the easy dichotomies that poison our own politics and culture, for she finds neighborliness, knowledge, and beauty wherever she turns in rural Perry County, Arkansas.”
“Good stories are to be cherished and shared. They also help us understand ourselves and our communities.”
“provides novel insights into the history of Black working-class activism and racial capitalism in the early twentieth century and the postwar period in the Mississippi Delta.”