MARK CHILDRESS

Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle. Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since disappeared, and a determinedly single woman like Georgia needs an alternative, and discreet, means of income. In Georgias case it is six well-heeled lovers -- one for each day of the week, with Mondays off -- none of whom knows about the others. But when the married preacher who has been coming to call (Saturdays) decides to confess their affair in front of the whole congregation, Georgia must take drastic measures to stop him. In George Bottoms, Mark Childress proves once again his unmistakable skill for combining the hilarious and the absurd to reveal the inner workings of the rebellious human heart.

"Mark Childress puncture-sharp wit kept me sane during the Trumpian days of torment. What joy to have the complete compendium of horrors, delivered in the form of pure literary genius. The perfect alternative to Xanax or Zen meditation." Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins"You, sir, are a libtard." Glenn Beck"I love every word Mark Childress writes, including this new compilation of his great political writing ... brilliant and hilarious." Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird and Almost Everything: Notes on HopeA man who cant pronounce "anonymous"In high office, seems rather ominous.We dont have to get all Deuteronomous:Brains and power are rarely synonymous.New York Times bestselling author Mark Childress was like many liberal Americans whose life veered off the tracks as Donald Trump rose to power. In his day-by-day journal, Childress tirelessly pursues the funny side of Americas descent into Trumpism. From Viet Nam to New Orleans to the Womens March and beyond, the author spins variations on all the absurd, ridiculous, head-exploding, enraging, unbelievable moments of the Trump Years. The book includes photos, tweets, teets, doggerel, lyrics, fake news, and all manner of hijinks, twaddle, & flimflammery. If Trump & Company drive you crazy, but youre almost ready to laugh - this is the book for you.

Novelist Mark Childress ("Crazy in Alabama,""Georgia Bottoms") happened to be born in Monroeville, Alabama the town Harper Lee called Maycomb when she wrote about it in the classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." For years, as a journalist, Childress was told to pursue an interview with the famously reclusive author, who refused all entreaties. The first essay describes the importance of Harper Lees novel to the Southern fiction of today, and explores the question of why Harper Lee prefers to remain a figure of mystery. (The author did not meet Miss Lee until after writing this article.) In 2014, Childress received the "Harper Lee Award for Alabamas Distinguished Writer." The second essay is adapted from his remarks.

El mundo se vuelve del revés y todo enloquece en el transcurso del tórrido verano de 1965 en Alabama. Dove, encargado de la funeraria del pueblo, convive con una esposa esnob y una hija que se comunica con los espiritus. Lucille, harta de su matrimonio, decapita a su marido y, llevandose la cabeza consigo, marcha a Hollywood para realizar su sueño dorado: convertirse en una estrella. Peejoe, huerfano de padres, alcanza la madurez en medio de un ambiente cargado de odio y locura. La novela mas divertida y salvaje de los ultimos años.

In two short essays and one long piece of reportage, author and screenwriter Mark Childress ("Crazy in Alabama,""One Mississippi,""Georgia Bottoms") explores New Orleans before, during, and after Katrina. Essays: "What It Means to Miss New Orleans" originally appeared in the New York Times, "Disaster Tourism" in Salon magazine, and "The Tragic City Laughs" in The Birmingham News. All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity. Approximately 10,000 words, with illustrations.

"Mark Childress has all the charm, all the sly southern Gothic humour in the world.... [The novel] has so many good lines you don't know which to laugh at hardest." Pat Conroy

Tender is the novel of the greatest rock-and-roll star the world has ever seen. Its so intimate and so powerful a story, it has to be fiction.This is the story of Leroy Kirby, a poor white boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, who moves to Memphis, finds his voice, and transforms himself -- in one remarkable year -- from a guitar-picking truck driver to the most famous rock-and-roll singer in the world. It is one of Americas essential and enduring legends, brought to life through the imagination of a superb novelist.Reading Tender, you experience Leroy Kirbys life from the inside. His hard childhood with his daddy away in prison. His adoring, overprotective mother. The sudden metamorphosis of tender young Leroy into the bad-looking boy with wild clothes and the ducks-ass pompadour. The early recording sessions, the stunning overnight success, the sharp-eyed manager who takes Leroy under his wing. The first tastes of the alcohol and drugs that will one day consume his life. The hysteria of thousands of screaming, swooning girls. And, as the novel closes, you see the end of Leroys glory years, as he is publicly, humiliatingly shorn for induction into the Army.

Reviews:ENTHRALLING AND DELIGHTFUL...RICH AND COMPELLING...What might at first have seemed a gently paced coming-of-age story turns into a rambunctious tale."The Christian Science Monitor"With a marvelous ear for language and devilishly rich imagination, Mark Childress has crafted an engaging and readable novel."The Boston Globe"Childress knows the business of words. His descriptions evoke a sense of time and place that rings true.... A rare talent."Atlanta Journal-Constitution"From his lyrical opening passages, which evoke the softness of adolescent innocence, right up through his explosive finale, he never lets us come up for air. And we never want to ... . This is a yarn spun with poetry. This is storytelling at its best."Vogue"Childress has as many twists and turns and surprises in his novel as the Magnolia River."Birmingham News"Zings with charm and thrills."Booklist