Ask a bookseller

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment.

Capturing the 'Voices of Mississippi'
Bookseller Kelle Barfield recommends much more than a book: She raves about a collection of music, oral history and other materials compiled by historian William Ferris.
A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters
In a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.