HERO
The Arkansas author wrote five comic novels that are like nothing else in American literature, and they will last as long as people read books.
Malcolm Jones writes about books, music, and photography for The Daily Beast where he has written about subjects ranging from A. Lincoln to R. Crumb. He is the author of a memoir, Little Boy Blues, and collaborated with the songwriter and composer Van Dyke Parks and the illustrator Barry Moser on Jump!, a retelling of Brer Rabbit stories.
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EAT IT UP
The sprawling Barnsley Resort in Georgia has an exceptional culinary reputation—and one hell of a family history.
WE’RE MAKING A LIST
From major awards to stocking stuffers, we’ve got lots of suggestions for the bookworm, the art lover, the baker, and every other reader on your list.
ROOM KEY
Were you to walk by the hotel, you’d be forgiven for not recognizing that it only opened earlier this year.
Slovenian Sphinx
A thoughtful new biography by CNN reporter Kate Bennett peers inside the First Lady’s intensely private existence.
LEGENDS
His great new memoir recalls his days as songwriter, arranger, and keyboard player with Booker T. and the MGs, soul music’s beating heart. And how Bach snuck into Stax Studios.
STOP AND STARE
Wandering through Olana, inside and out, you grow more aware with each step that you’ve never experienced a place quite like this.
IT’S STILL A BIG WORLD
Nobody would think of Myrtle Beach as underrated, but dig a little deeper and there’s a whole lot there you’d never expect to find.
DARK STAR
Robert Hunter's lyrics were folksy, bright new, and mysteriously old, and at the heart of the Grateful Dead's identity.
LISTEN UP!
The 16-hour, eight-episode PBS miniseries—debuting on Sept. 15—offers a dazzling primer on country music but stumbles in certain areas, including its problems with race.
