A Publication of Humanities Tennessee

Real Powers

In her latest novel, A Spell for Change, Nicole Jarvis writes about three young people in 1920 Appalachia who are blessed — or cursed — with magic. Jarvis will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 22.

Normal Life Impossible

In her latest story collection, Hellions, Julia Elliott reimagines the grotesque on her own terms.

Invincible Language

Major Jackson’s sixth poetry collection, Razzle Dazzle, sets the biographical details of the poet’s life alongside the evolution of his work. Jackson will give a reading at the CMAC Building at Lane College in Jackson on April 2, and he will appear with Jad Abumrad at Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville on April 8.

Never Leave Us Alone

I must have refreshed her profile page a hundred times, hoping nobody snagged her. Finally, we drove over to the shelter where we watched an employee unlock the front doors. I waited a respectful two minutes before barging inside, asking if we could meet Penny.

Hometown Literary Hero

In Complete Poetry of James Agee, editors Michael A. Lofaro and Jesse Graves present hundreds of never-before-seen writings.

The Edge of Breath

In her latest poetry collection Winter Sharp with Apples, Annette Sisson considers the ordinary but important moments that bind people together. Sisson will appear at The Nocturne Reading Series at Land of a Thousand Hills in Nashville on January 21.

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