Posted on 30 October 2009
Doc: Tell us about your latest book, Greedy Bones. CH: A lot of readers wanted to see Sarah Booth back in Mississippi after her film adventures. In Greedy Bones, Sarah Booth confronts what may be a plague that could destroy her beloved Sunflower County. Oscar Richmond, her partner’s husband, is dying, as are several other people. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 October 2009
Now for one of our truly all-time favorite Coastal Alabama Writers, Tom Franklin. Although not necessarily classified as suspense, it reminds us of some hardboiled noir fiction. So close enough for an excuse to interview him: Doc: Tell us about “Crooked Letter”? TF: Crooked Letter (or Crooked Letter Crooked Letter) or some other title, possibly, is abt a [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 October 2009
Doc: Tell us what motivated you to do the Ronald McDonald House Benefit in Mobile? CW: It’s an emotional tie. My 5 year old cousin was diagnosed with Leukemia last year and recently underwent a bone marrow transplant. My heart was burdened to help. Continue Reading
Posted on 28 October 2009
Doc: Tell us about “Who Was Benny Looter”. KB: Fingers. Five crooked fingers. Life can be twisted and changed by fate and fingers. An unsuspecting jogger, running with her Dalmatian, trips over the uncovered hand belonging to a body buried in the sand. A subsequent investigation by a former New Orleans homicide detective, turned genealogist, finds a connection between [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 October 2009
Doc: How did you get interested in writing about ghosts? I literally can’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in ghosts; they are often poignant and always compelling. Ghosts stick around because they do not perceive their stories as finished. I feel like it is my job, as well as my passion, to tell these stories. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 October 2009
Doc: What combination of factors or events led you to write on the subject matter that you do? TC: Death, especially violent death, is the most traumatic occurrence in the affairs of mankind. I witnessed a murder when I was a child (a man cut the throat of a woman and I happened to be passing [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 October 2009
We are reluctant to address this– but we have to. Downtown Mobile has come too far to see it slide back into neglect. We have heard significantly more complaints from Downtown visitors about panhandlers recently. One couple has stopped eating at a great restaurant off Cathedral Square because they were harassed twice in one meal. They [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 October 2009
Doc: Tell us about the Book Fair. WM: Book Fair is a trunk show style show featuring Handmade Books. The Books offered at Book Fair will be diverse in style and really inviting…perfect gifts for the Holidays. Continue Reading
Posted on 13 October 2009
The Wes Loper Band’s great performance at Bayfest prompted us to ask drummer Alice Grayson for an interview, to which she graciously acquiesced. Doc: Why/How did you start playing drums? AG: I never actually set out to play the drums. I spent most of my childhood and teenage years occupied with classical ballet and piano. But, my father [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 October 2009
Mobile’s Roman Street will be playing at the Saenger Theater this Thursday for its International Jazz Jam, along with their mentor Tonic Strings and New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band. We were able to talk with Josh Thompson, who formed the band with his brother Noah, and bassist Jason Sikes and percussionists Daniel Brett and Nik White. Doc: [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 October 2009
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will be playing at the Saenger Theater this Thursday for its International Jazz Jam, along with Switzerland’s Tonic Strings and Mobile’s Roman Street. Ben’s mom and dad, Sandra and Allan Jaffe, bought Preservation Hall in 1961 shortly after it opened, and turned it into one of the most famous jazz clubs [...] Continue Reading
