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Atlanta writer Mark Elberfeld began his essay collection Sour Cherries at Buc-ee's—appropriately on the theme of journeys—at a remote chateau in tiny Orquevaux, France. Educated at the University of the South, Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English, and Georgia State University, Mark previously taught sixth grade in the Washington, D.C. area, where he grew up, and in Budapest, Hungary. His work has appeared in NANO Fiction, the Centenary Journal of the Bread Loaf School of English, South Writ Large, and Voices Elevated: 10 Years of the Elk River Writers Workshop. He has also been nominated for publication in Best American Essays. A facilitator and executive coach, Mark lives with his husband, Russell, and their calico, Sophie. So ...more

The Reviews are In!

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Happy New Year anyway.

As I head into the first full month of having a book out, the reviews are starting to roll in! Many of them, excerpted here, are from Goodreads readers who were given access to Sour Cherries through a nationwide resource for bookstores and libraries called NetGalley. Here a few selections:

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