Leah Tyler

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Xhenet Aliu

Xhenet Aliu won Georgia’s most prestigious literary award, the Townsend Prize for Fiction, for her 2018 debut novel, “Brass.” Named a Best Book of the Year by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the multigenerational family drama took place among the abandoned brass factories of her native Waterbury, Connecticut.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Leah Tyler

Bob the Drag Queen is no stranger to innovation. The Georgia native who also goes by the stage name Caldwell Tidicue is the 2016 winner of Emmy Award-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and claims to be the first Black drag queen to garner 1 million followers on Instagram — a number that has doubled since achieving the milestone. In the decade since his reality TV debut, Bob has made public appearances as a comedian, actor, LGBTQ activist, musician and larger-than-life TV personality.

Jan 7, 2025 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Rebecca Kauffman

It isn’t unusual for couples to grapple with how to please two sets of parents — or more, if divorce factors into their family histories — over the holidays. It’s hard to make everyone happy, Virginia author Rebecca Kauffman’s fifth novel asserts when single mother Ellen Leach complains about her first Christmas alone post-divorce on a blind date. Ellen isn’t the only reason the date doesn’t go well.

Dec 4, 2024 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Neesha Powell-Ingabire

In “Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast,” a collection of 20 poignant and searching essays and photos, journalist Neesha Powell-Ingabire combines her coming-of-age journey growing up on the Georgia coast with her adult exploration of her Gullah Geechee lineage — which her family historically shunned.

Nov 19, 2024 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Cebo Campbell

Author Cebo Campbell was hoping to answer a specific question when he sat down with an idea for a story: What would happen if he took Ferris Bueller and replaced him with Trayvon Martin? Campbell reveals in a conversation with author Jason Reynolds that within 10 pages, his story fell apart.