Jim Reed is a native of Tuscaloosa and graduate of the University of Alabama. His early career in broadcasting and public relations ended 37 years ago when he founded Reed Books and the Museum of Fond Memories in Downtown Birmingham. Jim's writing career has continued since the age of four. He has published a dozen books and hundreds of stories about his life in Alabama. His weekly columns appear on the internet, as do his audio podcasts.
Jim frequently speaks to groups and classes about the joy of writing, the joy of reading, and the joy of not have bosses for 37 years.
Reed is married to editor Liz Reed, with whom he has raised three children. Seven grandchildren call him "Poppy." Jim Reed is a native of Tuscaloosa and graduate of the University of Alabama. His early career in broadcasting and public relations ended 37 years ago when he founded Reed Books and the Museum of Fond Memories in Downtown Birmingham. Jim's writing career has continued since the age of four. He has published a dozen books and hundreds of stories about his life in Alabama. His weekly columns appear on the internet, as do his audio podcasts.
Jim frequently speaks to groups and classes about the joy of writing, the joy of reading, and the joy of not have bosses for 37 years.
Reed is married to editor Liz Reed, with whom he has raised three children. Seven grandchildren call him "Poppy." ...more
Whenever I begin writing a love letter to my people—the Down Southers who surround me—I go kind of blank.
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This could be because I’m trying too hard to be understandable.
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In this love letter to my people I want to be both specific and eloquent at the same time, so that my words will stay around for a while. We writers live with this impossi