Magical Realism from the Deep South

[Kimberly S. Love]

 

Book Description:

Austin Creek reconnects a family on the South Carolina seacoast, where the family's animist worldview and southern consciousness direct their return to a mystical enclave in South Alabama. Before the exiled descendants can return to the long-forgotten enclave of their past, they have to complete inner journeys that threaten the meaning of self, marriage, and death. As long-forgotten family legends and environmental mysteries reanimate their story as a Maroon community, the circle of life makes an ultimate transformation in this mythic vision. “Transcendent” –Futurescapes faculty reviewer. Purchase today!

 

Winner of South Arts Literary Arts Project grant.  

 

 

I am interested in a book review; ISBN: 979-8-218-66932-4; Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love; publication date July 2025.

 

 

 

 

BIO: 

Kimberly S. Love was born and raised in the Appalachian foothills of Huntsville, Alabama. She left home to study literature and language at Tuskegee University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She continued her studies at the University of Virginia (UVA), where her career began, teaching composition and literature courses and leading African American Studies sections. She received a PhD in English Language and Literature from UVA. Love was awarded the Literary Arts Projects Grant, a program of South Arts, for how her debut novel Austin Creek represents the vitality of the South. Her other publications appear in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Root Work Journal, and Auburn Avenue. An essay is forthcoming in The Southern Quarterly. She is the founder of the Legacy Collective, a book publishing network for independent writers and artists.  

 

 

Website & Buy Link:

https://austincreekonline.com/

For bulk or wholesale book orders, email ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com

 

Press & Interviews:

Alabama A&M University Student Publications:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Mw8hzd33U&feature=youtu.be

 

Speaking Out News (reprint): 

https://speakinoutweeklynews.net/2025/03/25/aamu-professor-awarded-south-arts-grant-to-complete-debut-novel/

 

Bulldog News at Alabama A&M University: 

https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/5000-award-suppotrs-dr-kimberly-loves-austin-creek.html

 

Other Publications:

Wooded Reflections

 

Pachamama

 

Too Shame to Look: Learning to Trust Mirrors and Healing the Lived Experience of Shame in Alice Walker's The Color Purple | Hypatia

 

 

Contact Info:

ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com

 

Social Media Links: 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090104025374

https://www.instagram.com/legacycollectivebooks/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-love-148039262/

https://linktr.ee/kimlove

 

 

Public Service (Free Books for Free Minds)

https://forms.gle/8jFcy2314VFXbkkj9

 

*Full Press Kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pioneer1]

Why don't you include "Dr." in your name?
 

Technically speaking, aren't you Dr. Love?

[Kimberly S. Love]

@Pioneer1 I am Dr. Love. It doesn't always seem necessary or relevant, though.