IndieReader.com announced on June 1 that Cultured Oak Press’ recent book, A Lyle Saxon Reader: Lost Stories of the French Quarter and Buried Treasure, has won second place in the 2019 IndieReader Discovery Awards (IRDA) in the Fiction category. In describing the award, IndieReader reported, “Saxon’s unsparing, yet…
Kitten Not Included. Order now from local bookstores, or buy online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books and IndieBound! A Lyle Saxon Reader: Lost Stories of the French Quarter and Buried Treasure is a collection of Saxon’s early stories that have not been published in nearly…
A Lyle Saxon Reader Is in Pre-Production [Update 8/27/2018: IndieReader gave A Lyle Saxon Reader five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and called it “An excellent introduction”!] For Lyle Saxon fans, I wanted to share some great news. A Lyle Saxon Reader: Lost Stories of the French Quarter and…
Perched above the beach in the Gulf Coast town of Pass Christian, Mississippi, sits a landmark structure that appears as much a small lighthouse as it does a shop. This is the home of Pass Christian Books, which is both a beacon and cornerstone business for this coastal community. Operated…
Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 book, Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) is an engrossing novel of a Mississippi family struggling with issues of race, unemployment and threatened family breakup. It is a difficult book to put down. Set on the Gulf Coast and in the Mississippi Delta, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a…