Reading: “Off Magazine Street” by Ronald Everett Capps

Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Because of the infamy of our go-to Southern novels, gems like Off Magazine Street often go unnoticed. At once vulgar and charming, grotesque and wonderful, Ronald Everett Capps’ story of two alcoholic writer-teachers who take in the crass teenage daughter of their dead, morbidly obese lover— it’s not for everybody. Though we may gorge our young on readings and re-readings of To Kill A Mockingbird, Beloved, Confederacy of Dunces, and As I Lay Dying – all excellent novels… Read more Reading: “Off Magazine Street” by Ronald Everett Capps →