Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond

Edited by Jeff Jackson

Published by: Novello Festival Press in collaboration with Charlotte Viewpoint.

About the book:
Southern literature is evolving, and a new collection of writing provides readers a “map” to the shifting terrain.

Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond has just been released by Novello Festival Press in collaboration with Charlotte Viewpoint. The collection offers literary fiction, nonfiction and poetry from 31 contemporary authors.

“There's something for every sensibility,” says editor Jeff Jackson. “Everything from well-constructed conventional narratives to adventurous pieces that explode genre. There are one-minute stories, fractured prose poems, playfully ironic instructions, fragments of pulp fiction, code-riddled espionage tales, and inventively structured memoirs.”

As the region's cities have become more cosmopolitan, the variety of writers living below the Mason-Dixon line has ballooned.

Jackson explains, “The literature being produced here has changed dramatically as a result. Many readers still expect Southern writing to deliver realist style, folksy elements, and a touch of an accent - but that's only a small part of what's happening here.”

Five Novello Literary Award finalists are highlighted in the collection: Gilbert Allen, Marjorie Hudson, Janice Lierz, Rosa Shand and Gilda Morina Syverson.

Novello Festival Press is the award-winning publishing project of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Its books are available at area bookstores and online retailers. Proceeds benefit the library. For more info call (704) 416-0706 or visit www.novellopress.org.

Charlotte Viewpoint is an innovative online magazine and community forum. Its mission is to enrich public discourse about civic and urban life. For more info call (713) 303-2220 or visit www.charlotteviewpoint.org.

Taken on: October 28, 2010

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