Bookmark with Don Noble

Don is joined by Steve Trout, a historian and literary critic specializing in America's 20th century wars.  His most recent book is The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial at Angel Fire.  Don spoke with Steve in Studio UA at the University of Alabama's Digital Media Center.

Today's guest is Michael Martone, the 2023 winner of the Truman Capote prize for distinguished work in short fiction.  He is the author of 14 books of stories.   Don interviewed Michael on campus at the University of Alabama, in Studio UA at the Digital Media Center. 

In his many profiles and articles for the Mobile Press Register gathered in collections, such as Back Home and Alabama Afternoons, and in his novels, Roy Hoffman makes his readers aware of the cultural diversity of the modern south, especially Alabama.  While exploring mainly the sacrafices families, especially wives a

Robert Morgan was already a widely published writer when his book Gap Creek, a story of hardscrabble life in Appalachia was made an Oprah selection. With the acoompnying sales and excitement since Gap Creek, Morgan has published a biography of Daniel Boone, Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution, Lions of th

This week Don spoke with John T. Edge, arguably the world's greatest expert on southern food.  Edge has been a columnnist for the New York Times, The Oxford American, Garden and Gun and is the author of a shelf full of books, his latest being The Potlicker Papers.  The story of the modern self told through foods and co

Sydney Lanier was for years famous as the poet of the confederacy.  Southern boys and girls would memorize large swatches of The Song of the Chattahoocheee and The Marshes of Glynn.  Except for his time as a prisoner in the Union POW camp, however, little was known about Lanier's short 39 year life.  May Lamar of Montg