Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Whitney Bryant

Inspired by Nature

A new biography illuminates the life of photographer George Masa

In George Masa: A Life Reimagined, Janet McCue and Paul Bonesteel delve into the story of a remarkable artist of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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A Moral Revolution

Our Kindred Creatures surveys the origins of the anti-cruelty movement

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy’s Our Kindred Creatures is a provocative, sometimes disturbing examination of Americans’ evolving attitudes toward animals from 1866 to 1896. The authors will appear at The Bookshop in Nashville on May 23.

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A Committed Conservative

Nancy French’s memoir recounts her journey of faith, love, and politics

Breakups are hard — in some cases, dangerous. Ghosted: An American Story is conservative writer and activist Nancy French’s account of her split with the Republican Party following its embrace of Donald Trump and the harassment she and her family subsequently experienced.

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