Richmond Times Dispatch
“Sumner balances these episodes of humor and tragedy in a light and conversational style that is in itself part of the novel's lesson: that life is woven of shadows and sunlight, and that telling one from the other is trickier than it seems -- but always worth it...Sumner has created a world that's too rich and filled with engaging characters for just one novel; let's hope for a sequel.”
NPR's "Books We Like"
Review written by Jane Ciabattari, president of the National Book Critics Circle
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Review written by Jane Ciabattari, president of the National Book Critics Circle
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Atlanta Magazine
The Shelf: Teresa Weaver on Georgia Writers
Just as there is a always a southerner in my story, no matter where it's set, there is always a matriarch.
The Shelf: Teresa Weaver on Georgia Writers
Just as there is a always a southerner in my story, no matter where it's set, there is always a matriarch.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Review by Gina Webb
“Ghost” shimmers with the light and landscape of New Mexico...
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Review by Gina Webb
“Ghost” shimmers with the light and landscape of New Mexico...
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Melanie Sumner (Senegal 1988-90) Writes Again!
Posted by John Coyne, April 15, 2010
Melanie is a character worthy of her own novel.
Posted by John Coyne, April 15, 2010
Melanie is a character worthy of her own novel.
The Provincetown Banner
Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2008 By Melora North
We were hired to taste pies at diners, but we actually started at the Arctic Circle, where there is no diner, so we made a lot of stuff up.
Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2008 By Melora North
We were hired to taste pies at diners, but we actually started at the Arctic Circle, where there is no diner, so we made a lot of stuff up.
Introduction of Melanie Sumner by the poet, Adrienne Su for a reading at Dickson College
April 20, 2005
I could talk at length about why she's an extraordinary writer, with a poet's ear for the music of the line, a playwright's perfect pitch with dialogue, and a knack for making you laugh so hard that you cry, and then making you cry.
April 20, 2005
I could talk at length about why she's an extraordinary writer, with a poet's ear for the music of the line, a playwright's perfect pitch with dialogue, and a knack for making you laugh so hard that you cry, and then making you cry.
