Birds of A Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman

The South has always considered itself a storytelling nation—an independent and misunderstood country of citizens who balk at belonging, cling to unity and narrate the difference. We have always known this fact: The shortest distance between two opposing forces is a good story. Every now and then, the outside world takes notice of this technique of ours, which is not one of rationalizing, but rather a conjuring of justice. Right now happens to be one of those times, it seems: Southern is trendy. Blame the economy, the president or the weather, but people seem increasingly to search for either solutions...  read more