Alabama Authors on The New York Times "Notable Books" List

The New York Times recently published its list of "100 Notable Books of 2008." Authors on this year's list that have connections to Alabama are Tony Earley, Edward O. Wilson, and Tobias Wolff. All three have appeared on the Times "Notable Books" list in previous years. Other Alabama writers that have been included in earlier lists are Rick Bragg, Ralph Ellison, Fannie Flagg, Homer Hickam, and Sena Jeter Naslund.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape

SplashCast™ Added to Blog

If you scroll down a bit, you'll find a new addition to our This Goodly Land blog. The SplashCast™ application allows us to bring videos together from different sources and make them available to you in one convenient place.

We are currently showcasing the videos from the Albert Murray Symposium (mentioned in an earlier blog entry).

Click on the Start button in the middle of the screen to begin the Albert Murray "show" with the Introduction video. Hover your mouse cursor over the lower portion of the screen to access the controls and/or to select one of the other videos in this "show."

Click on the More Shows button to see videos on Tom Franklin, Homer Hickam, and Edward O. Wilson. We'll add more videos on our authors as they become available and/or as we locate them.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape