A review by abookolive
Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South by Margaret Renkl

The food, the music, the accent: the American South has more than its fair share of idiosyncrasies. By the way the region is often spoken about, the unfamiliar would be inclined to believe that “the South” is one big indistinct landmass defined by a love of guns and deeply red politics. But what if the stereotypes fell short of characterizing the dynamic, if undeniably flawed area? In “Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South,” author Margaret Renkl (“Late Migrations”) – who lives in Nashville but originally hails from Alabama - aims to give a well-rounded view of the part of the country she calls home in this collection of columns previously published in The New York Times.

Click here to read the rest of my review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.