Historical Novel Review: Just Doll by Janice Daugharty

Historical Novel Review: Just Doll by Janice Daugharty: The author of six previous novels, Daugharty turns to historical fiction in this story set in south Georgia a dozen years after the Civi...

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Is The Term "Southern Fiction" Still Relevant?

In 1994, my first novel was published, along with a story collection, both in the same year. Joyce Carol Oates and her husband Ray Smith were editors and publishers of my story collection at Ontario Review Press. The New York Times Book Review did a full review of both books. In it they referred to me as a Southern writer. Later, Larry Ashmead, executive editor, at HarperCollins, signed me on as one of his authors, a large number of which were Southern--Southern authors--a proud label at the time. Now, with my eighth novel, "Heir to The Everlasting" just out, I'm not referred to by that label anymore. I haven't left Southeast Georgia, and the setting of this novel is the same as the others--deep South. I wonder if time has changed all that or if the term "Southern Fiction" has simply fallen from grace. And Southern fiction, is that still a viable term? Chauncey Mabe, of the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, wrote in a review of my first novel: "Janice Daugharty is the hottest new writer in Southern Fiction." I can find no such reference in early reviews of "Heir To The Everlasting."

I would like to hear other "Southern" authors' take on this long-gone reference. Or is it long-gone? Janice Daugharty

Is The Term "Southern Fiction" Still Relevant?

In 1994, my first novel was published, along with a story collection, both in the same year. Joyce Carol Oates and her husband Ray Smith were editors and publishers of my story collection at Ontario Review Press. The New York Times Book Review did a full review of both books. In it they referred to me as a Southern writer. Later, Larry Ashmead, executive editor, at HarperCollins, signed me on as one of his authors, a large number of which were Southern--Southern authors--a proud label at the time. Now, with my eighth novel, "Heir to The Everlasting" just out, I'm not referred to by that label anymore. I haven't left Southeast Georgia, and the setting of this novel is the same as the others--deep South. I wonder if time has changed all that or if the term "Southern Fiction" has simply fallen from grace. And Southern fiction, is that still a viable term? Chauncey Mabe, of the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, wrote in a review of my first novel: "Janice Daugharty is the hottest new writer in Southern Fiction." I can find no such reference in early reviews of "Heir To The Everlasting."

I would like to hear other "Southern" authors' take on this long-gone reference. Or is it long-gone? Janice Daugharty