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Graceland, At Last : Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South by
Margaret Renkl
On Sale Date: September 14, 2021
9781571311849
Hardcover $26.00
Literary Collections / Essays
Nature / Essays
Travel / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
Political Science / Civics & Citizenship
From New York Times contributing opinion writer and author of the TODAY Show book club pick Late Migrations Margaret Renkl comes a selection of her beloved weekly essays for the Times, presenting a multifaceted view of the contemporary American South, forthcoming this September.
“People have often asked me how it feels to be the ‘voice of the South,’” writes Renkl in her introduction. “But I’m not the voice of the South, and no one else is, either.” There are many Souths—red and blue, rural and urban, mountain and coast, Black and white and brown—and no one writer could possibly represent all of them. In Graceland, At Last, Renkl writes instead from her own experience about the complexities of her homeland, demonstrating along the way how much more there is to this tangled region than many people understand.
In a patchwork quilt of personal and reported essays, Renkl also highlights people who are fighting for a better future for the region. A group of teenagers who organized a youth march for Black Lives Matter. An urban shepherd whose sheep remove invasive vegetation. Church parishioners sheltering the homeless. Throughout, readers will find the generosity of spirit and deep attention to the world, human and nonhuman, that keep readers returning to her columns each Monday morning.
To request a galley, email Milkweed’s marketing director Joanna (Yanna) R. Demkiewicz: joanna_demkiewicz@milkweed.org.
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