Amina Gautier’s stories capture women in moments of metamorphosis
In The Best That You Can Do, a new story collection, Amina Gautier depicts women in the process of growing up and moving on. Gautier, a professor at the University of Miami, is a former fellow at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
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Hanif Abdurraqib meditates on the poetics of basketball and the streets of Ohio
Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest book, There’s Always This Year, is part memoir and part essay, but it’s all about basketball in Ohio during the author’s 1990s childhood. Abdurraqib will discuss There’s Always This Year at the Riverview Park Amphitheater in Chattanooga on October 30.
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Jonathan Metzl wants to reframe the gun debate
In What We’ve Become, Vanderbilt professor Jonathan Metzl demonstrates why gun reform has failed and offers new strategies for changing the debate. Metzl will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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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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