Meet Lisa Alther and her brother John Shelton Reed, Kingsport natives, to learn about their new works. Alther’s book, Swan Song, is set on a cruise ship and is about a woman doctor in charge of the ship’s clinic, who is recovering from the loss of a longtime lover who was a much-admired writer. Reed is a retired sociologist from the University of North Carolina. He has written many books and articles about Southern culture, but in recent years has become the national authority on barbecue. In his new book, Barbecue, he writes with conviction on the looks, smells, and tastes of the varieties of Southern barbecues.

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