{"product_id":"the-bitterweed-path-a-rediscovered-novel-paperback","title":"The Bitterweed Path: A Rediscovered Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hal Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eHarry Jr. Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1950, the long out-of-print novel \u003ci\u003eThe Bitterweed Path\u003c\/i\u003e was rediscovered in 1996 with the support of John Howard's critical introduction. In the years since, new generations have witnessed its subtle yet daring contribution to Southern gay literature. This 75th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by John Howard and a new afterword by Harry Thomas Jr. that provide fresh insight into the workings of race, class, and queerness in this enduring novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Bitterweed Path\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Hal Phillips vividly recreates rural Mississippi at the turn of the twentieth century. In elegant prose, he draws on the Old Testament story of David and Jonathan and writes of the friendship and love between two boys--one a sharecropper's son and the other the son of the landlord--and the complications that arise when the father of one of the boys falls in love with his son's friend. Defying stereotypes about both Mississippi and the 1950s, \u003ci\u003eThe Bitterweed Path\u003c\/i\u003e challenges conceptions of the US South as a place devoid of queerness and reimagines it as alive with same-sex desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Hal Phillips (1922-2007) was a novelist, actor, and Hollywood screenwriter and consultant from Mississippi. His film work includes \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman\u003c\/i\u003e, and he authored the novels \u003ci\u003eSearch for a Hero\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Howard is emeritus professor of arts and humanities at King's College London and author of several books including \u003ci\u003eMen Like That: A Southern Queer History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Thomas Jr. is an independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina, and author of \u003ci\u003eSissy! The Effeminate Paradox in Postwar US Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267256369401,"sku":"9781469691763","price":45.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JhWaD6mn0h9781469691763.webp?v=1768862576","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-bitterweed-path-a-rediscovered-novel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}