Magical Realism from the Deep South

Kimberly S. Love · 2025-12-02T19:14:42Z

Book Description:

Messenger birds, a conscious spring, and a terracotta effigy summon back home the Dove clan of Austin Creek, a mystical land in Butler County, 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. If they can remember ancient legends and reconnect an estranged paternal bloodline, their transformations are sure to shock every living entity in the Deep South woodlands. “Transcendent” –Futurescapes faculty reviewer. Winner of South Arts Literary Arts Project grant. Purchase today!

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