David Wesley Williams
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New novel coming in 2027: THE COLDWATER GIRL from Regal House Publishing – David Wesley Williams
New novel coming in 2027: THE COLDWATER GIRL from Regal House Publishing – David Wesley Williams
My fourth novel, THE COLDWATER GIRL, will be published in Summer 2027 by Regal House Publishing. A Southern picaresque, it follows folk artist Ivy Coldwater as she leaves her Mississippi Delta home…
Bio at Regal House Publishing: David Wesley Williams, author of The Coldwater Girl
Bio at Regal House Publishing: David Wesley Williams, author of The Coldwater Girl
I live and write in the South, and the South is my subject. The sense of place is powerful down here. Place is a character. Take Memphis, where I live. Eudora Welty called it “the old Delta synonym…
BOOK REVIEW: Come Again No More by David Wesley Williams - REAL SOUTH/WEST Magazine
BOOK REVIEW: Come Again No More by David Wesley Williams - REAL SOUTH/WEST Magazine
COME AGAIN NO MOREDavid Wesley WilliamsJackLeg Press196 pages David Wesley Williams’s third novel opens with a motley crew of newspaper reporters having a wake of sorts at a Memphis bar, lamenting most of the newsroom having just gotten laid off, including the narrator, one Charley Hull. This sets the central tone of the book being […]
Ink-Stained Elegy | Chapter 16
Ink-Stained Elegy | Chapter 16
In Come Again No More, David Wesley Williams resurrects the spirit of a dying newsroom with the lyrical gusto of a man both mourning and celebrating his first …
'Why Do You Hate Faulkner?' essay in The Branches
'Why Do You Hate Faulkner?' essay in The Branches
Reaching out, growing deep The Branches is a journal of literature and philosophy based in New York City dedicated to exploring our beliefs, our influences, and our contexts. It provides a space for cultural criticism and personal essays that reach out for connections and grow deep in meaning,
New Memphis-based novel recalls news industry's bygone days - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian
New Memphis-based novel recalls news industry's bygone days - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian
A new novel based in Memphis, David Wesley Williams' “Come Again No More,” recalls news industry's bygone days.
Reading and Book Signing with David Wesley Williams | Thursday, Nov 13, 2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Reading and Book Signing with David Wesley Williams | Thursday, Nov 13, 2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for a reading and book signing Thursday, November 13th, 5:30 to 6:30 pm Reading at 6:00 with David Wesley Williams for his novel, COME AGAIN NO MORE Jackleg Press, 19 paperback
Preorder signed copy of 'Come Again No More' from Burke's Books
Preorder signed copy of 'Come Again No More' from Burke's Books
Jackleg Press, November 2025. Paperback. NEW. Item #1024013 ISBN: 195690719X SIGNED copies available 11/13/2025.
Preorder 'Come Again No More' from Bookshop.org
Preorder 'Come Again No More' from Bookshop.org
Preorder 'Come Again No More' from Amazon
Preorder 'Come Again No More' from Amazon
Amazon.com: Come Again No More: 9781956907193: Williams, David Wesley: Books
COME AGAIN NO MORE is a ‘beguiling blue yodel’ of a novel. You can preorder it now
COME AGAIN NO MORE is a ‘beguiling blue yodel’ of a novel. You can preorder it now
My newspaper novel, COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), is available now. It’s my most personal work, and I think the best thing I’ve done. Steve Stern (author of A FOOL’S KABBALAH) calls it “a beg…
Essay at Chapter 16: 'Play That Thing'
Essay at Chapter 16: 'Play That Thing'
Essay in The New York Times Magazine: 'It's Time to Bring Back the Duel'
Essay in The New York Times Magazine: 'It's Time to Bring Back the Duel'
Quarrels used to be settled with dignity and honor.
South Bound: David's Substack | Substack
South Bound: David's Substack | Substack
Book raves and music faves. My fiction for your consideration. Decidedly Southern. Click to read South Bound: David's Substack, by David Wesley Williams, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
3 stories by David Wesley Williams — Bottle Rocket
3 stories by David Wesley Williams — Bottle Rocket
David Wesley Williams ~ The Sun Sessions
David Wesley Williams ~ The Sun Sessions
We’ll Always Have Shiloh: Fiction by David Wesley Williams
We’ll Always Have Shiloh: Fiction by David Wesley Williams
Sources of Outlaw Country: Fiction by David Wesley Williams
Sources of Outlaw Country: Fiction by David Wesley Williams
Honesty is Bravery Enough: Conversation with David Wesley Williams
Honesty is Bravery Enough: Conversation with David Wesley Williams
Desolation Rowboat (Essay on Cormac McCarthy's 'Suttree' for Chapter 16)
Desolation Rowboat (Essay on Cormac McCarthy's 'Suttree' for Chapter 16)
Songs of birdies (My favorite music of 2023)
Songs of birdies (My favorite music of 2023)
Festival appearances in Kentucky, Tennessee
Festival appearances in Kentucky, Tennessee
John Prine book review: Poet for the People
John Prine book review: Poet for the People
Alabama Public Radio's Don Noble reviews Everybody Knows
Alabama Public Radio's Don Noble reviews Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows: Events and more
Everybody Knows: Events and more
Robert Johnson at the polo grounds / Blind Willie McTell as a young Prince
Robert Johnson at the polo grounds / Blind Willie McTell as a young Prince
Watching the World Melt Away with David Wesley Williams’ “Everybody Knows”
Watching the World Melt Away with David Wesley Williams’ “Everybody Knows”
Williams & Son, Purveyors of Fine Fiction. Or: Son of a gun, the kid can write! (Inside the novel EVERYBODY KNOWS)
Williams & Son, Purveyors of Fine Fiction. Or: Son of a gun, the kid can write! (Inside the novel EVERYBODY KNOWS)
EVERYBODY KNOWS: What would Kurt Vonnegut do? (the query letter)
EVERYBODY KNOWS: What would Kurt Vonnegut do? (the query letter)
Chapter 16 review: The End of Tennessee as We Know It
Chapter 16 review: The End of Tennessee as We Know It
Everybody Knows SIGNED by David W. Williams on Burkes Books
Everybody Knows SIGNED by David W. Williams on Burkes Books
EVERYBODY KNOWS preorder
EVERYBODY KNOWS preorder
EVERYBODY KNOWS: Preorder info, praise, excerpt, and more
EVERYBODY KNOWS: Preorder info, praise, excerpt, and more
High water and shameless plugs (An ‘Everybody Knows’ excerpt, w/ playlist)
High water and shameless plugs (An ‘Everybody Knows’ excerpt, w/ playlist)
More songs about spuds and angels (On Big Thief’s ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’)
More songs about spuds and angels (On Big Thief’s ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’)
Stay Away from Places with Directions in Their Names | Oxford American
Stay Away from Places with Directions in Their Names | Oxford American
The Newspaper Wake | Kenyon Review Online
The Newspaper Wake | Kenyon Review Online
Storytellers with Loud Guitars (Chapter 16 book review)
Storytellers with Loud Guitars (Chapter 16 book review)
Lucille’s Better Half (Chapter 16 book review)
Lucille’s Better Half (Chapter 16 book review)
Memphis Calling (Chapter 16 book review)
Memphis Calling (Chapter 16 book review)
Americanaland the Beautiful (Chapter 16 book review)
Americanaland the Beautiful (Chapter 16 book review)
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