The latest novel by Steve Yates, The Teeth of the Souls, is set in the author's hometown of Springfield, Mo. in the years directly following the Civil War. A sequel to his previous book, it is a story about a forbidden romance between a businessman and a former slave. The author recently returned to northwest Arkansas as a guest of the Ozark Poets and Writers Collective, and while he was in the area, he stopped by the Carver Center for Public Radio.
MUSIC: Never Be Alone by Shawn Mendes
