WRITER · TEACHER · SOUTHERNER

Raymond L. Atkins

I write about the things I notice—people, places, memories, growing older, travel, technology, cats, fishing, and whatever else wanders across my path.

I've spent a lifetime teaching English, writing books, and collecting stories. I'm retired now, which means I have considerably more time to write about things I probably should be doing something else about.

Selected Essays

(01)

Fig Season

I find myself dodging DeSoto’s ancient war dogs and pigs while drunken yellowjackets swarm my tree during the peak of fig season.

(02)

BOGOs

I navigate aisles anchored by a permanent domestic duty, seduced by two-for-one sales into filling a cart to the brim.

(03)

Par for the Course

Clad in Goodwill threads with yard-sale clubs in hand, I refuse to let late-night cheeseburger fans ruin my fragile golf truce.

Latest Works

From the quiet corners of North Georgia to the pages of his latest novels, Raymond L. Atkins brings a distinctly Southern voice to the literary world. Explore the stories that have defined his career as a novelist, essayist, and poet.

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