“Fried Green Tomatoes” author Fannie Flagg is an optimist by nature, one who has spent a career as an actor, comedian and author making people laugh. The Birmingham native hopes her new book, a ...

"The sweetness of the people in the South has kept me so supported all my life. I am so lucky in that other people may not have a home. I have a home to go home to, and I go home a lot. And it just ...