Category: Books

  • Required Reading: Volume Six

    Required Reading: Volume Six

    This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…

  • Required Reading: Volume Five

    Required Reading: Volume Five

    This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…

  • GRITS: Donna Tartt

    GRITS: Donna Tartt

    This article is part of our series “GRITS: Girls Raised in the South,” in which we profile some of our favorite Dixie ladies and the things that make them awesome. Got an idea for a fabulous femme we should feature? Shoot us an email at zeldaandscout@gmail.com! (Alliteration optional.) Name: Donna Tartt Born: December 23, 1963,…

  • Required Reading: Volume Four

    Required Reading: Volume Four

    This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…

  • In Defense of Lindsey Lee Wells

    In Defense of Lindsey Lee Wells

    A few months ago, I was surfing the quiz section of Buzzfeed (as one does when it’s a slow Thursday night at work) when I stumbled upon a post titled “Which John Green Heroine Are You?” Now while The Fault In Our Stars‘ Hazel Grace Lancaster is easily Green’s most recognizable female character, Margo Roth…

  • Required Reading: Volume Three

    Required Reading: Volume Three

    This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…

  • Required Reading: Volume Two

    Required Reading: Volume Two

    This post is part of our “Required Reading” series, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are,…

  • Required Reading: Volume One

    Required Reading: Volume One

    Today we introduce a new series, Required Reading, in which we share some of our favorite tales and tomes of New York and the South — classic and contemporary, fiction and nonfiction, short form and long. These are the stories that open our eyes to other walks of life, that shape who we are, and…