Writing the Second Chapter
Jacqueline RenéeFrom academic to novelist—the writing life, the second act, and the stories that shape us.
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Apparently, Target Sells My Book Now
Providing proof for the doubters
Last week, Leaving Woodstock became available for preorder.
I knew this was coming. I knew there would eventually be a page on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and Bookshop. What I didn’t expect was how strange i...
The Pages I Didn’t Write
I just spent ten days in the hospital with my eighty-nine-year-old mother. I am grateful I’m at a point in my life when I can be there when she needs me. I don’t take having my parents still here for granted. At their age, time is less casu...
Touching Pat Conroy’s Desk
Pat Conroy Literary Center
When I visited the Pat Conroy Literary Center last year, I touched his desk. It was a small gesture, but I had loved his books for too long not to feel something in that room. I thought about the sentences writte...
I Didn’t Like Her. I Liked the Novel.
No spoilers ahead.
I know there are plenty of opinions about Yesteryear. The ending alone seems capable of dividing a room. Some readers loved it. Some hated it. Some finished the book ready to argue with anyone willing to listen.
I liked...
What Happens to a Southern Voice in Russian?
This week, my publisher let me know that Russian rights to Leaving Woodstock have sold. I read the email twice, partly to make sure I understood it and partly because there are still moments in this publishing journey that feel like they be...
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Renée (MFA, Hollins University) is a writer of Southern literary fiction and a two-time recipient of the Shirley Henn Award for Excellence in Fiction. Her debut novel, Leaving Woodstock, will be published by Kensington in May 2027.
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