The Alabama Writers’ Forum
The Alabama Writers’ Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, works to cultivate our state’s literary culture. We do that through supporting writers at all stages. We encourage our young writers to find their creative voice through the Father Goose Poetry Festival for Kids!–and through our Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards. We support the work of our state’s literary community through our Alabama Authors Directory, First Draft magazine, and other programming and opportunities for writers across the state. And we celebrate our state’s rich literary legacy through the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. We are, above all, a community of writers united by our desire to advance the literary arts in Alabama. If that describes you — join us! There are many ways to get involved.
The Tensaw River
The Tensaw River: Alabama’s Hidden Heritage Corridor By Mike Bunn Series: Alabama: The Forge of History University of Alabama Press, 2024 Paper: $24.95 Genre: Nonfiction, Natural History, History Reviewed by Bill Plott Alabama: The Forge of History is a University of Alabama Press richly illustrated series of guidebooks to some of Alabama’s premier historical sites. Previous releases have featured such diverse topics as Moundville, Birmingham’s iron and steel industry, and Civil Rights heritage. Lavishly illustrated with more than 40 historical maps and photographs, Mike Bunn’s The Tensaw River: Alabama’s Hidden Heritage Corridor is a worthy addition to that series. Bunn, whose love of the region is evident, took many of the natural beauty images of the Tensaw himself. Bunn, director of Historic Blakely State Park and author of several other books on Gulf South history, including This Southern Metropolis: Life in Antebellum Mobile, has produced a “historical travelogue” that explores the wonders of the Tensaw River, with all its natural beauty, diversity, and history. He tells us that few places remain “as visually so close in appearance [...]
