David Wesley Williams

Barb, aka @greyhoundfanatic.bsky.social, off to her volunteer gig at the Memphis Public Library used-book store. #readbannedbooks

8th best album of 1978. #pereubu #themoderndance

Love that picture!

Thanks so much!

RIP to our fifth and final greyhound, the singular Hunter. #greyhound
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Hunter says good night, all. #greyhound

Sunday breakfast. #homeofthehams

That dog Hunter. #greyhound

Me and the devil For Robert Johnson and them

In this week's Substack, those old devil blues... #deltablues #robertjohnson #mississippidelta #skipjames #charleypatton #southernlit 📚

YouTube video by David Wesley Williams Ah, ink: from COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams

A video for my forthcoming novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/... #southernfiction #books 📚 #newspapers #southernlit #burkesbookstore

Good dog, mostly. Interesting, always. #greyhound

Still running at 12 1/2. #greyhound

Hunter the greyhound in his weird glory. #greyhound

Bluff City Ruckus: John Prine in Memphis, 1979 A folkie’s wild ride with Sam Phillips & Sons in a pink Cadillac

Today on Substack: That time John Prine made a record with Sam Phillips' sons (with a little help from Sam) in Memphis. Some critics didn't get it. It was a sublime ruckus and still is. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #johnprine #memphis #samphillips #pinkcadillac

Hunter at night. #greyhound

Still life with napping greyhound and snack dish. #greyhound

Robert Johnson at the polo grounds The devil, the Delta, and Dixie Peach pomade

This week's Substack: Robert Johnson at the polo grounds. Robert Johnson, polka hound. Robert Johnson, blue yodeler. Oh, and Robert Johnson, Delta blues singer. Read, share, subscribe -- it's free! #robertjohnson #mississippidelta #mississippideltablues #blues #crossroads

Catfish vs. greyhound. Catfish by a whisker or greyhound by a nose? It's the greyhound! #newsport #greyhoundsmakegreatracers #greyhound

My copies of COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, have arrived. You can preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. bookshop.org/p/books/come... #preordernovel #southernlit #📚

Ode to a desk rat: an excerpt from my newspaper novel COME AGAIN NO MORE A tip of the newsboy cap to one of the fictional fallen

Excerpt from COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social. Available for preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. #fiction #fictionbooks #fictionwriter #novel #southernwriter #jacklegpress #newspapers #southernlit #southernfiction #burkesbookstore #preordernovel 📚

Cold beer here Or: How to pitch literary fiction in a world where the average book sells 100 copies

I wrote an essay about pitching literary fiction in an age when the average book in this country sells 100 copies, across all size presses. #books #SupportIndieBookstores #bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #bookrecommendations #booklovers 📚

YouTube video by David Wesley Williams Cheers: from COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams

A quick video nod to my next novel, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books

"Some Girls," orange vinyl from Holland, 1978.

Now reading: "The Hangman's Children," Donald Hays. A comic novel of American tumult, set in 1968, that has something to say about these times, too. #donaldhays

Current favorite album. Also, best cover. #sggoodman #plantingbythesigns #snappingturtle #kentucky #albumoftheyear2025 #vinyl

YouTube video by David Wesley Williams Trailer: Come Again No More (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams

COME AGAIN NO MORE, my latest novel, my newspaper novel, is available for preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. Preorder a signed copy from Burke's Book Store: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...

#preordernovel #fiction #novel #jacklegpress #newspapers #southernlit #memphis 📚

COME AGAIN NO MORE, my new novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, is available for preorder at the usual places. Let me recommend Memphis’s Burke's Book Store for a signed copy in advance of the Nov. 10 pub date: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...
#fiction #jacklegpress #newspapers #preordernovel 📚

Faulkner’s sense of time Sentences for days

Today on Substack: Faulkner writes a short sentence. Really. Followed by a 63-word wonder he didn't so much write as unspool. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #WilliamFaulkner #southernliterature #South #readthesouth #southerngothic #yoknapatawpha #yoknapatawphacounty 📚

Hope and devilment in the Mississippi Delta Traipse and wander, maybe catch a train. Sing the blues, cry tamale-juice tears, seek the crossroads of your soul. Anybody asks, you’re looking for the Shroud of Itta Bena.

Today's Substack: a visit to the Mississippi Delta with Eudora Welty, Bob Dylan, Lewis Nordan, Son Volt and some ghosts. Enjoy, share, subscribe (it's free, as always). #mississippidelta #mississippideltablues #clarksdale #EudoraWelty #bobdylan #south #southernlit #southernfiction #readthesouth

Ode to Bobbie Gentry Or: Tallahatchie Unabridged

"Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day..." Today on my Substack, an ode to Bobbie Gentry. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!). #bobbiegentry #odetobilliejoe #southerngothic #americanfolk #mississippi #the3rdofjune #thethirdofjune #billiejoemcallister #tallahatchiebridge