Holly Tucker’s City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris, a gripping tale of murder and royal intrigue set in seventeenth-century Paris, reads like the best historical fiction as it presents well-documented—and nefarious—facts. Tucker will discuss the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 21 at 6:30 p.m.
“To tell you the God’s honest truth, I don’t know what the hell is going on,” says Russell Gaines, the reckless but noble protagonist of Michael Farris Smith’s Desperation Road. Smith is a Southern master in the tradition of Larry Brown and Daniel Woodrell, but with a soulful, generous voice that’s all his own. He will discuss Desperation Road at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Nashville-based photographer Jack Spencer describes America as “a vast cacophony of contradictions,” but his stunning collection, This Land: An American Portrait, transcends the dissonance. Spencer will sign and discuss This Land at the David Lusk Gallery in Nashville on March 18 from 4 to 7 p.m.
The title of Nickolas Butler’s new novel, The Hearts of Men, points directly to its thematic core: set at a Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin, the book tells the intertwined stories of two camp families over three generations. Butler will discuss The Hearts of Men at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 16 at 6:30 p.m.
In Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission, former Vanderbilt Law professor Barry Friedman takes a sobering look at the practices of modern law enforcement. He will discuss Unwarranted at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 12 at 2 p.m.
Lynn Frierson Faust’s new book, Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs, is an accessible, beautiful, and comprehensive guide to fireflies and their cousins. Faust will discuss her work at the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society in Oak Ridge on March 9 at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and Union Ave. Books will be on hand for book purchases.
