In response, acclaimed novelist Lauren Groff, whose “The Vaster Wilds” was on the AJC’s list of best Southern books in 2023, has opened a bookstore in Gainesville, Florida, called The Lynx ...

Is it just me, or was 2018 a particularly outstanding year for Southern books? From Kiese Laymon’s incendiary memoir “Heavy” to the posthumous publishing sensation of Zora Neale Hurston’s ...