Paul A. Broome | Self-Publishing Review

An Interview with Paul A. Broome: Author of Clouds Float South

Paul A. Broome was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. After receiving his master’s degree in literature, he moved to Mississippi where he taught at Alcorn State University, an historically Black college in West Central Mississippi. Now retired, he lives and writes in Alabama with his wife and black lab and crazy tabby cat.

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Clouds Float South is a collection of ten linked short stories loosely based on events from my life on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee during the fifties, sixties, and early seventies. Each story is narrated by the third born of four […]

Review: Clouds Float South by Paul A. Broome

Delicately skimming through two decades of life for one Tennessee family, Clouds Float South by Paul A. Broome is a subtly beautiful collection of interlinked stories about growing up and choosing who to become.

The broad time arc of this collection gives readers a piercing look into the Smith family as a whole, specifically via the experiences and dynamic youth of Alan, the narrator of these stories. His narrative voice also matures as the stories progress, from simplistic descriptions and observations to more lyrical, nuanced, and meaningful commentaries from his clever point of view. This seamless growth of the main […]