— founding member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers —
is a literary critic and historian, editor, and novelist. Works include
Thomas Wolfe: A Collection of Critical Essays, The Faraway
Country, The Curious Death of the Novel, The Wary
Fugitives, Gallery of Southerners, Small Craft Advisory,
Babe Ruth’s Ghost, Seaports of the South: A Journey,
and a Memory of Trains. His novels are The Golden
Weather, Surfaces of a Diamond, and The Heat of the
Sun. His two most recent books are An Honorable Estate
and My Father’s People: A Family of Southern Jews. Rubin
is past Chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
