Howard Bahr Howard Bahr Born in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1946, Howard Bahr served for more than a decade as curator at Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner in Oxford. He has published two critically acclaimed historical novels, The Black Flower and The Year of Jubilo. He teaches at Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Publications

Fiction:

• Home for Christmas: A Story of the South. Memphis: St. Luke’s Press, 1987. Baltimore, MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1997.
• The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War. Baltimore, MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1997.
• The Year of Jubilo: A Novel of the Civil War. New York: Henry Holt, 2000.

Bibliography

Articles and Interviews:

• Anderson, A. J. Review of The Year of Jubilo. Library Journal 125.4 (15 March 2000): 124.
• Austin, April. “The Long Journey Back to the Civil War.” Interview with Howard Bahr. Christian Science Monitor 92.167 (20 July 2000): 16-17.
• Baggs, Jonathan. “Civil War Novel Has Decatur Tie.” Review of The Year of Jubilo. The Decatur Daily (7 May 2000).
• Dickerson, James L. Review of The Year of Jubilo. Book Page (June 2000).
• Flanagan, Margaret. Review of The Year of Jubilo. Booklist 96.15 (1 April 2000): 1441.
• Morgan, Robert. “Home Again.” Review of The Year of Jubilo. The New York Times Book Review 105.25 (18 June 2000): 9.
• Mudge, Alden. “A Poetic Tale and a Writer Whose Time Has Finally Come.” Interview with Howard Bahr. Book Page (April 1998).
• Wilson, Robert. “No Glory.” Review of The Black Flower. The New York Times Book Review (2 Aug. 1998).

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