The first time I know of that a relative of mine appeared in the Atlanta (Journal-) Constitution was 1886, when my third great-grandfather Elias Bruce, a widower then age 74, professed to "obtain perfect love" on... meeting and marrying a woman at a campmeeting in Dawsonville. What an honor and unexpected delight all these years later to see ANCESTOR TROUBLE listed among the @AJC's twelve best southern books of 2022.

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https://www.ajc.com/life/arts-culture/best-southern-books-of-2022-reflect-diversity-of-authors/7333CMMIEVBC5HNFV3SDNPWI4E/

The first time I know of that a relative of mine appeared in the Atlanta (Journal-) Constitution was 1886, when my third great-grandfather Elias Bruce, a widower then age 74, professed to "obtain perfect love" on... meeting and marrying a woman at a campmeeting in Dawsonville. What an honor and unexpected delight all these years later to see ANCESTOR TROUBLE listed among the @AJC's twelve best southern books of 2022.

#books #reading #ancestortrouble

https://www.ajc.com/life/arts-culture/best-southern-books-of-2022-reflect-diversity-of-authors/7333CMMIEVBC5HNFV3SDNPWI4E/

A hearty thanks to The Boston Globe and Adriana E. Ramírez for including ANCESTOR TROUBLE among their best books of the year, with so many of my own favorites.

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/15/arts/best-books-2022/

A hearty thanks to The Boston Globe and Adriana E. Ramírez for including ANCESTOR TROUBLE among their best books of the year, with so many of my own favorites.

#books #reading #ancestortrouble

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/15/arts/best-books-2022/

And thanks to Entertainment Weekly for the nice round-up mention at the end here.

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https://ew.com/best-of-2022/best-books-of-the-year-2022/

And thanks to Entertainment Weekly for the nice round-up mention at the end here.

#ancestortrouble

https://ew.com/best-of-2022/best-books-of-the-year-2022/

As someone who (having been born and spent my earliest years in Dallas, and grown up in Miami) has never really counted as southern to southerners or not-southern to anyone else, I'm floored by the inclusion of ANCESTOR TROUBLE here. Many, many thanks to Garden & Gun, Latria Graham, and CJ Lotz.

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https://gardenandgun.com/articles/2022s-best-southern-books/

I'm delighted that ANCESTOR TROUBLE is one of NPR's "Books We Love," among so many books I love. And I'm grateful to Kristen Martin for her thoughtful review.

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It was an honor and a delight to speak with Ada Calhoun today at the Miami Book Fair about ANCESTOR TROUBLE and her wonderful book ALSO A POET. So much gratitude to the Miami Book Fair and Books and Books for having us, and to friends who braved the rain. My hair did an almost '60s/'90s flip sort of thing because of the weather, which confirms that if I lived here my hair would be curly again.

Photo: @bookofsand

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Thanks to the Washington Post Book World for including ANCESTOR TROUBLE in this excellent year-end list of 2022 nonfiction books! By coincidence, Ada Calhoun and I will be doing an event together at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday, so it's fun to see our books in the header together. I am bringing ALSO A POET with me to Miami. Currently at JFK, boarding soon. #maudnewton #ancestortrouble #adacalhoun #alsoapoet #rebeccadonner #washingtonpost #bestbooksof2022