The Great Lie and the Real Controversy

By James Everett Kibler

The following address was delivered as part of a symposium at the 150th anniversary of the burning of Winnsboro, S.C., in February 2015, sponsored by the Winnsboro Historical Society. It is published here for the… »

In Memory of Andrew Lytle (1902-1995)

By James Everett Kibler

The poem was written shortly after Mr. Lytle’s death in 1995. I intended it to be part of an expanded edition of Poems from Scorched Earth, thus continuing the meditation on fire–in both its destructive… »

A Visit to Clay Bank County

By Robin Spencer Lattimore

A review of four novels by Dr. James Everett Kibler, Jr: Walking Toward Home (Pelican Publishing, 2004), Memory’s Keep (Pelican Publishing, 2006), The Education of Chauncey Doolittle (Pelican Publishing, 2008), and Tiller (Shotwell Publishing, 2016).… »

The Classical Origins of Southern Identity in Literature, Part II

By James Everett Kibler

The Classical Origins of Southern Identity in Literature, Part I,

By James Everett Kibler

Home Free

By Paul H. Yarbrough

One of my favorite authors, James Everett Kibler, has the consummate perception of localism; the single thing that I believe even Yankees have, though many act as if they don’t understand its basic concept. Fact… »

New From Southern Pens

By Clyde Wilson

Karen Stokes’s Reconstruction Novel Awhile back it  was  theorised by some that Southern literature’s era of greatness was coming to an end with the changes taking place in our region.  Abbeville Scholar Karen Stokes of… »