Now a retired English professor at The University of Alabama, Dr. Noble's specialties are Southern and American literature. He also hosts Bookmark on Alabama Public Television.
Don Noble's reviews can be heard most Mondays at 7:45am and 4:44pm. and have been made possible in part through grants from the Alabama State Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the support of The University of Alabama, and from the generous support from our listeners. Thank you!
To listen to the audio version of Dr. Noble's reviews, just click on the book title to be taken to the full page. Audio is found either at the very beginning of the transcript or at the bottom of the page.
Dr. Noble's Book Reviews are made possible in part with a grant from The Alabama State Council on the Arts,
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Reissue of 1964 Book Is Timely
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Alabamian’s Work Honored With Library of America Volume
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Playwright’s Life Was Brief, Diverse, and Controversial
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Looks at Race in America from a Different Angle
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On April 9, 2018, after years of research and some disappointments, Ben Raines of Fairhope, Alabama, in SCUBA gear, dove to the bottom of the Mobile River on the east side of Twelve Mile Island and brought up a piece of the “Clotilda.” That ship, the last ship to bring slaves to America, had lain undiscovered for over one hundred and fifty years.
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Alabama Historian Tells of Presidents and Their Libraries
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Group Biography Charts Course of Friendship and Betrayal
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UAB Cardiologist Tells Stories With Lessons
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A Naturalist Writes of Powerful Encounters with the Wild