I’m a Birmingham, Alabama-based writer
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Books
-Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
-Balancing Act: Yoga Essays
-Birmingham Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Magic City
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Portfolio
See examples of my past work on community issues, art, books, essays, travel and music.
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My favorite books of 2024
Each year my dear friend Rachel Burchfield Appling invites me on her podcast, “I’d Rather Be Reading,” to discuss the year in books. Our fourth-annual year in review is live now.