In the Southern Gothic Dust Bowl Classic The Grapes of Wrath the Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in [ … ]
Month: April 2019
Gods of Howl Mountain – Southern Gothic and Bootlegging
In Gods of Howl Mountain, award-winning author Taylor Brown explores a world of folk healers, whiskey-runners, and dark family secrets in the high country of 1950s North Carolina. There has always been [ … ]
Baby Doll (1956) Sexual Southern Gothic
Elia Kazan’s steamy 1956 adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ one-act play, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, almost never saw the light of day. Controversy swirled around the story of a twisted love triangle [ … ]
Munly – Dark Gothic Hymns
Welcome to the dark Gothic hymns of Munly, a banjo player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. He has played a significant role in the development of the “Denver Sound”, music that mixes elements of country, gothic, folk and gospel. [ … ]
What Blooms From The Dust – Dust Bowl Gothic
What Blooms From Dust is set in Nowhere: a town slowly choking in the Dust Bowl Gothic of 1930s America. And it gets a shock when Jeremiah Goodbye returns: convicted of [ … ]