John T. Edge, author portrait
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John T. Edge

John T. Edge writes and hosts the Emmy Award-winning television show TrueSouth on the SEC Network, ESPN, Disney, and Hulu. Edge also writes a restaurant column for Garden & Gun. His 2017 book The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South was named one of the best books of the year by NPR and Publishers Weekly. Edge serves the University of Mississippi as a teacher, writer-in-residence, and director of the Mississippi Lab. And he serves the University of Georgia as a mentor in their low-residency MFA program in narrative nonfiction. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife, the artist Blair Hobbs.
House of Smoke
The Potlikker Papers

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Books

House of Smoke
The Potlikker Papers

Events

Sat Sep 13 | 12:00 PM
Mississippi Book Festival Galloway Fellowship Center
305 N Congress ST
Jackson, MS 39201
Google Map

Tue Sep 16 | 05:30 PM
SQUARE BOOKS
160 COURTHOUSE SQ
OXFORD, MS 38655-3998
Google Map

Wed Sep 17 | 05:00 PM
Southern Living Offices
4100 Old Montgomery Hwy,
Birmingham, AL 
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Thu Sep 18 | 06:30 PM
The Rosecomb
921 Barton Ave
Chattanooga, TN 37405
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Mon Sep 22 | 07:00 PM
Atlanta History Center
130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Google Map

Tue Sep 23 | 06:00 PM
Hay House
934 Georgia Ave
Macon, GA 31201
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Wed Sep 24 | 06:30 PM
UGA Special Collections Library Auditorium
300 S. Hull Street
Athens, GA 30602
Google Map

Thu Sep 25 | 06:00 PM
Charleston Library Society
164 King Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Google Map

Fri Sep 26 | 07:00 PM
Bookmarks Book Festival Benton Convention Center
301 West 5th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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Sat Sep 27 | 10:30 AM
Bookmarks Book Festival
Winston Salem, NC 
Google Map

Sun Sep 28 | 03:00 PM
ALL GOOD BOOKS LLC
734 HARDEN ST
COLUMBIA, SC 29205-6207
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Mon Sep 29 | 05:00 PM
Clemson University,
105 Sikes Hall
Clemson, SC 29634
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Tue Sep 30 | 06:00 PM
HUB CITY BOOKSHOP
186 W MAIN ST
SPARTANBURG, SC 29306-2333
Google Map

Wed Oct 01 | 11:30 AM
Lucy's
2300 Moores Mill Rd
Auburn, AL 36830
Google Map

Wed Oct 01 | 04:00 PM
Pebble Hill
101 S. Debardeleben St
Auburn, AL 36830
Google Map

Tue Oct 07 | 06:00 PM
GARDEN DISTRICT BOOK SHOP
2727 PRYTANIA ST STE 8
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130-5980
Google Map

Thu Oct 09 | 04:30 PM
LEMURIA BOOK STORE
4465 I 55 N
JACKSON, MS 39206-6124
Google Map

Mon Oct 13 | 06:30 PM
PARK ROAD BOOKS
4139 PARK RD
CHARLOTTE, NC 28209-2229
Google Map

Wed Oct 15 | 06:00 PM
FLYLEAF BOOKS
752 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514-5700
Google Map

Thu Oct 16 | 06:00 PM
UNION AVENUE BOOKS
517 UNION AVE
KNOXVILLE, TN 37902-2115
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Sat Oct 18 | 11:00 AM
Tennessee State Library -Nolichucky Room 
1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N
Nashville, TN 37219
Google Map

Wed Oct 22 | 06:00 PM
NOVEL MEMPHIS
387 PERKINS EXT
MEMPHIS, TN 38117-3801
Google Map

Mon Oct 27 | 06:30 PM
PARNASSUS BOOKS
3900 HILLSBORO PIKE STE 14
NASHVILLE, TN 37215-2714
Google Map

Wed Oct 29 | 06:00 PM
Walter Anderson Museum of Art
510 Washington Ave
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
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Thu Oct 30 | 07:00 PM
Ticonderoga Club
99 Krog St NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
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