Who is ‘You’? Who is ‘I’?
Jared Joseph’s new novel Soft Lighting contains a range of voices, all of them trying to solve life’s riddles and share their thoughts on art, love, identity, and pop culture.
The Ways We Were
In Archive of Unknown Universes, Ruben Reyes Jr.’s characters use a computing device to explore alternative versions of El Salvador’s civil war and their own turbulent romances. Ruben Reyes Jr. will appear at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
A Prison House of Blame
In Bruce Holsinger’s novel Culpability, a family takes a week’s vacation on Chesapeake Bay to recuperate after a tragic car accident. Holsinger will discuss Culpability at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
Soaked in Dread
In Michael Farris Smith’s Lay Your Armor Down, a pair of criminals, joined by an outcast woman, try to protect a 9-year-old girl from evil forces.
“Smug. Narcissistic. Vaguely Unhinged.”
Hannah Pittard’s latest novel, If You Love It, Let It Kill You, depicts a novelist who finds herself the villain of a novel written by her ex-husband. Pittard will discuss If You Love It, Let It Kill You at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
A Game of Pure Chance
In Jennifer Haigh’s Rabbit Moon, divorced parents fly to Shanghai after their estranged daughter is hospitalized following a car accident. Haigh will discuss Rabbit Moon at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 17.
