Joan Baez’s debut poetry collection excavates her painful past
Iconic folk singer and activist Joan Baez mines her life for catharsis in her first book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance. Baez will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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Rachel Khong’s Real Americans explores identity and ambition
Real Americans, Rachel Khong’s second novel, explores the lives of two families of vastly different socioeconomic status. This vivid, multigenerational tale delves into the heart of what it means to be American and the paths of aspiration, success, and disappointment that come to define a life. Khong will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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The new novel by John Minichillo defies normalcy
In his new science fiction novel, Message in the Sky, Nashville author John Minichillo offers a satirical gateway to notions that defy simplistic classification.
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Poet, memoirist, and playwright Dan O’Brien discusses his three new books
This year marks the publication of three books by Dan O’Brien: Survivor’s Notebook, his fifth poetry collection; From Scarsdale, a childhood memoir mining familial trauma; and True Story, a trilogy of documentary plays.
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Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection resonates with unanswered questions
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection, House Gone Quiet, chronicles characters at a turning point. Norris will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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Alice Carrière finds her way beyond a troubled upbringing in Everything/Nothing/Someone
In Everything/Nothing/Someone, Alice Carrière mines her strange childhood — seemingly privileged yet violently neglected — as she traces the roots of her dissociative disorder. Carrière will discuss the memoir at Parnassus Books in Nashville on September 6 and the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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