The Scientist’s Dilemma
Claudia Barnett’s Aristotle’s Wife, a collection of six short plays inspired by unsung women in science, places history under a microscope.
Book Reviews
A Long Quest
In Charlie Peacock’s memoir Roots and Rhythm: A Life in Music, his take on the music business moves in tandem with his autobiography, which documents a spiritual quest that continues to this day. Peacock will discuss Roots and Rhythm with Jason Moon Wilkins at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville on June 14.
Looking for Home
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection, House Gone Quiet, chronicles characters at a turning point. Norris will appear with Tiana Clark and Alina Grabowski at Vanderbilt University on April 3.
A Mother’s Whisper
In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s new novel Happy Land, Black mothers and daughters reconnect with each other and the land that shaped them. Perkins-Valdez will discuss Happy Land at Novel in Memphis on April 11.
Invincible Language
Major Jackson’s sixth poetry collection, Razzle Dazzle, sets the biographical details of the poet’s life alongside the evolution of his work. Jackson will give a reading at the CMAC Building at Lane College in Jackson on April 2, and he will appear with Jad Abumrad at Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville on April 8.
The Best Night of His Life
“I’m a baseball player,” 12-year-old Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland declares. “Baseball is my life.” In Andrea Williams’ new middle-grade novel, Inside the Park, Pumpsie must overcome his fears and think fast to save the day when sinister forces threaten his beloved team, the Nashville Wildcats.
