New novel by Atlanta journalist highlights gentrification in the city

"Goodbye, Sweetberry Park" is the third book by Atlanta author Josh Green (Courtesy of Josh Green)

Josh Green is a writer and editor of Urbanize Atlanta who has spent decades writing about housing, development and Atlanta’s changing neighborhoods.

He’s written three books set in Georgia, primarily in Atlanta, and he recently published, “Goodbye, Sweetberry Park,” the second novel in a trilogy.

Green describes the book as a story of “city life, creeping gentrification, and flesh-eating snakes.” He joined WABE’s “All Things Considered” to talk about how his work informs his writing and what readers can expect from this latest novel.