It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all

by Kelly Kazek

A collection of essays by award-winning humorist Kelly Kazek

Some people wonder, what makes the South the South? Is it the borders of a group of states? The food? The mindset? Why do we Southerners think of ourselves as having an “otherness,” a sense of togetherness, that no other region in the nation can match?

We don't all think the same, or look the same, or have the same genes. But, in some indefinable way, we are a family. In this book of columns written for It’s a Southern Thing, award-winning humorist Kelly Kazek evokes the beauty and quirky character of the South that raised her. 190 pages, 6-by-9-inch hardcover.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published November 24, 2023

About the author

Kelly Kazek, born in Georgia and raised in Alabama, is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about Southern culture for It’s a Southern Thing. She now writes only books but in her 36-year career in journalism, she was an editor, columnist, and reporter.
She is the author of numerous children’s picture books for It’s a Southern Thing, including "Y is for Y’all: A Book of Southern ABCs." She has also authored "It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here Y'all", and numerous other humor books.
In 2022, she received the top award for humor writing by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
In April 2023, she was honored, along with the illustrators, by the BookFest Awards for her books "Y is for Y'all" and "Southern Thesaurus."
She lives near Huntsville, Alabama.
To invite her to speak or host a book signing, contact her at kkazek@southernthing.com or find more info at kellykazek@kellykazek.com.