For Robyn Hitchcock, the psychedelic call of 1967 inspired a lifetime of music
…my world, my old school. At twelve years and ten months I’m already becoming nostalgic. But I can’t go back — time is a one-way ticket. Young Robyn adores Bob…
Ace Atkins creates an unforgettable detective and an intimate portrait of Memphis in Don’t Let the Devil Ride
…16: Memphis is so richly portrayed in this novel that it nearly becomes a major character. What does the city mean to you? How did you select so many of…
Andre Dubus III’s essays are probing and deeply personal in the collection Ghost Dogs
…Dubus doesn’t play this scene for laughs, mind you. Dubus doesn’t play. Everyone should read “If I Owned a Gun,” for the conversations it might spark. But in a country…
Crusading newspaper editor Carl Magee comes alive in compelling biography Citizen Carl
…killed a man. In almost any other life, it would have been the defining moment, overshadowing all else. In Magee’s life, the incident almost had an inevitability about it, and…
Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree teems with heartbreak, humor, and stunning prose
…Trilogy and all the pretty horses they rode in on. You can have The Road and its post-apocalyptic hellscape — early 1950s Knoxville was as scary and more compelling. I…
Prine on Prine shines with the beloved songwriter’s heart, humor, and humanity
There were many John Prines. We were lucky that way. There was Prine the young folkie and “New Dylan,” but with songs even Bob couldn’t write: “Angel from Montgomery,” “Hello…
