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Marlin Barton is the first recipient of the Capote Prize for short fiction. He teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He also teaches creative writing in a program for juvenile offenders called Writing Our Stories, created by the Alabama Writers’ Forum.
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Where the Wildflowers Grow
Where the Wildflowers Grow By Terah Shelton Harris Sourcebooks, 2026 Paperback Genre: Fiction Reviewed by: Dr. Charlotte C. Teague "It's easy when it's good, but what about when it ain't?" These lyrics from Inge Rose's new song, "Love Me When It's Hard," capture the emotional heartbeat of Terah Shelton Harris's newest novel, Where the Wildflowers Grow. Harris's third novel takes readers on an unexpected journey through pain, trauma, forgiveness, and love, carried almost magically on a path lined with Alabama wildflowers. Through beautiful and deeply evocative prose, Harris paints a portrait of life when money is scarce, smiles are few, and the sun seems reluctant to shine. She reminds us that memories often "enter without knocking." Leandra (Leigh) Wildes, the novel's imperfect protagonist and narrator, invites readers into her fractured world, where truth and memory blur along the familiar yet complicated lines of the rural South. Haunted by memories of her Mama, Daddy, her sister Lila, Deacon Ridley, and the painful secrets of her tragic past, Leandra gradually discovers that healing often arrives through the unexpected gifts [...]
