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Articles by Baynard Woods

April 3, 2012

Harry Crews and the Death of Southern Literature 11

When we look past the haggard face and the thrilling biography full of fights and fornication, Harry Crews’ fictional world is closer to Kafka’s Eastern Europe than to today’s good ole boy.

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