In The Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota characters survive natural and man-made disasters
In Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red, a broad cast of characters living in North Dakota struggle to survive the 2008 economic downturn. Erdrich will appear at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville on October 18.
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In Jayne Anne Phillips’ prize-winning novel, West Virginia women find refuge after the Civil War
In Jayne Anne Phillips’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Night Watch, a group of women from the hills of West Virginia survive the horrors of the Civil War and find safety in a humane mental hospital. Phillips will discuss Night Watch at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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Ruben Reyes Jr.’s debut story collection captures the endless diversity of Latin American migration
In his debut story collection, There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, Ruben Reyes Jr. uses a broad array of literary styles and emotional registers to capture the breadth of the immigrant experience. He will discuss the book at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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In Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, an Irish immigrant returns home to pick up the pieces of her life
In Colm Tóibín’s new novel Long Island, an Irish immigrant in New York returns to her home village to reassess her broken life. Tóibín will discuss Long Island at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 9.
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Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You alternates between the #MeToo present and a 1990s mystery
In Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You, a popular LA podcaster returns to her New England boarding school to investigate a murder that still haunts the campus. Makkai will discuss her work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville on April 18.
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Marjorie Garber studies Shakespeare’s influence on the Bloomsbury group of writers
Marjorie Garber’s Shakespeare in Bloomsbury surveys the variety of ways English modernists used the Bard to inspire their own work. Garber will appear at Novel in Memphis on April 11. For a complete list of Garber’s events during her April 10–12 visit to Memphis, please see the Shakespeare at Rhodes website: www.rhodes.edu/shakespeare
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