“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.”
“Last spring I went to Rocky Crossing again. New green grass was sprouting on the high ridge of the road that led there…”
The Booker Worthen Literary Prize is awarded each year to the best work, fiction or non-fiction, by an author living in Arkansas.
A discussion about the experience of reading Portis.