A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers

Down below the Mason-Dixon line, it's hardly the land of sleigh bells, snow shovels, and a winter wonderland. What could possibly go on in the South at Christmastime?

A Very Southern Christmas burrows beneath all the fluff and window-dressing and goes straight to the heart of our most cherished holiday. Discover writing by some of the South's best contemporary fiction writers, from Pulitzer Prize-winners Robert Olen Butler and Richard Ford to the work of long-established literary lights Barry Hannah, Lee Smith, and Donna Tartt to recently emerging talents such as Julia Ridley Smith. In a collection of ten heartfelt stories, writers gather all the elements of the Christmas season — past and present, joy and sadness, disappointment and surprise, confession and concealment, humor and pathos — to create unforgettable images of the holiday. Accompanied by Wyatt Waters's vibrant watercolors commissioned specifically for this collection, this beautiful anthology promises to be a treasured keepsake.

• Author
• Charline R. McCord, Tim McLaurin, Tim Gautreaux, Julia Ridley Smith, Donna Tartt, Richard Ford, Mary Ward Brown, Valerie Sayers, Lee Smith, Robert Olen Butler, Fred Chappell

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 214

• Publisher
• Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781565123830

• Genres
• christmas

• Release date
• 2003