This week, author and publisher Jon Sealy joins us briefly to talk about what we mean when we say Southern literature.  We also discuss why American novels tend to be less philosophical and whether or not this has been impacted by the American Creative Writing industry.

Check out Jon's work here: http://www.jonsealy.com

This is the conclusion of our series on Postmodern Novels of the South where we read Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and Karen Russell's Swamplandia!  Look for our previous episodes to hear our discussion about these books. Next week we will start our series on Transhumanist Sci-FI with Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos.

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