NPR’s Bailey White captures the bittersweet South with no strings attached
A review of ‘Nothing But Strings,’ a collection of ‘Holiday Stories’ by NPR’s Bailey White, who will read at the Margaret Mitchell House on Dec. 4.
Bestselling author and National Public Radio commentator Bailey White speaks in a throaty but quavering drawl that’s so distinctive, you can imagine her spinning leisurely yarns for hours on a front porch in her hometown of Thomasville, Ga. Her voice can be a little misleading, however. White sounds so grandmotherly that a listener may underestimate her as merely quaint, when her writing can reveal unexpected precision and perceptiveness.