The Southern Festival of Books returns
…a champion not just at basketball but also at social justice. True tales. Fantastical journeys. Stories of grief, of love. Tears, laughter, and song. The Southern Festival of Books, one…
For Robyn Hitchcock, the psychedelic call of 1967 inspired a lifetime of music
…or a slightly older student at a local art school, a few years from his own musical career but already possessing “the aura of a sage.” His name: Brian Eno….
Ace Atkins creates an unforgettable detective and an intimate portrait of Memphis in Don’t Let the Devil Ride
…very first novel, Crossroad Blues, and have always found it to be the cultural epicenter of America. Blues, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley, Al Green. Great barbecue and soul…
Andre Dubus III’s essays are probing and deeply personal in the collection Ghost Dogs
…and feelings of inferiority it caused; when it comes to wrestling demons, he’s usually willing to pick a fight. All of which makes for a compelling collection. It helps, of…
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
…might fall almswise.” Suttree’s journey is also a descent, into his own “eternal night.” He’s a man of education and intelligence, of such promise once. What happened, Cornelius? Why? How?…
