Editing Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

===Literature===

Authors have grappled with Georgia's complex history. Popular novels related to this include [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]'', [[Olive Ann Burns]]' ''[[Cold Sassy Tree]]'', and [[Alice Walker]]'s ''[[The Color Purple]]''.

A number of noted authors, poets and playwrights have lived in Georgia, such as [[James Dickey]], [[Flannery O'Connor]], [[Sidney Lanier]], [[Frank Yerby]] and [[Lewis Grizzard]].<ref name=NGE>[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Literature/MiscellaneousEssays&id=h-2452 Literature: Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502105535/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FLiterature%2FMiscellaneousEssays&id=h-2452 |date=May 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved December 5, 2007.</ref>