Bookmark with Susan Gregg Gilmore

Susan Gregg Gilmore's southern roots are evident in her two novels, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen and The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove. While many Southern novelists claim Lee Smith's influence, Gilmore is the sole Bookmark guest who can claim Smith for seventh grade English. "She taught us we all had a story," Gilmore said.
NPR's Alan Cheuse said Gilmore's first novel was a "stand-out coming of age novel. Her second was part of TARGET’s Emerging Author Program. Special thanks go to Jacksonville State University for hosting Bookmark at its annual literary conference On the Brink and Gena Christopher for her generosity.

Bookmark with Darnell Arnoult

When author Darnell Arnoult was celebrated by Northeast Alabama Community College's Arts and
Humanities Speaker's Forum, she and Don Noble had a conversation about writing her novel, Sufficient Grace. According to the book jacket, "Sufficient Grace brings Southern warmth, wit, and even a touch of down-home cooking to a beautifully paced story filled with pitch-perfect characters and a magical sense of an unforgettable place." According to Don Noble, the culinary journey was indeed an unexpected delight. Special thanks to Dr. Joan Reeves, Dr. Julia Everett and the Library staff of the Cecil B. Word Learning Resource Center and everyone at Northeast Alabama Community College for their warmth and hospitality!

Bookmark with Richard Tillinghast and Julia Tillinghast

Translation is not often the topic of conversation between Don and his guests, much less Turkish translation discussed by father and daughter co-translators. But poets Richard Tillinghast and Julia Tillinghast do just that. After discussing the complexities and delights of working together, they alternate their voices and read. A special thank you goes to Auburn University's Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities for allowing us to tape at Pebble Hill.

Bookmark with Richard Tillinghast @Pebble Hill

Bookmark with Peter Campion @Pebble Hill

Bookmark thanks everyone at the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities for inviting us to tape this interview with poet and former Auburn faculty member Peter Campion at their historic location, Pebble Hill. Campion has won, among other awards, a Pushcart Prize, and was named a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow. His poetry collections Other People and The Lions were published by The University of Chicago Press.

Campion’s work has appeared in AGNIArtNews, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Yale Review. He edits the journal Literary Imagination, published by Oxford University Press, and teaches at The University of Minnesota.