In his latest collection, Zeno’s Eternity, poet Mark Jarman probes the role memory plays in celebration and sorrow.
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The Survivor’s Song
Mark Jarman’s latest collection considers time, memory, and loss
Book Reviews
Mythbusters
In Myth America, liberal historians fight back against conservative myths
Led by Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, 20 scholars challenge the fables and fabrications that plague our understanding of American history.
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The Keys to a Better Life
Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow South
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: In A Better Life for Their Children, photographer Andrew Feiler explores the history of the Rosenwald Schools, a collaboration between Booker T. Washington and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald that brought education to thousands of Black children in the segregated South. Feiler’s photographs are featured in an exhibition at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville through May 21.
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Meet Me Deep in This Mystery
Moments of internal reckoning resonate in three recent poetry collections
In three recent poetry collections by Tennessee authors, moments of internal reckoning take center stage. Katherine Smith’s Secret City, Darius Stewart’s Intimacies in Borrowed Light, and Tyler Friend’s Him or Her or Whatever all foreground highly subjective perspectives in resonant conflict with the world around them.
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Strange and Evil
De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s Decent People uncovers troubling secrets in small-town North Carolina
In De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s Decent People, a woman hopes to retire quietly in her North Carolina hometown only to find it convulsed by a triple murder. Winslow will appear at the SouthWord Literary Festival in Chattanooga on April 14-15.
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Randall Kenan Could Fly
A posthumous collection captures a beloved writer’s brilliance
Black Folk Could Fly, a volume of selected writings by the late Randall Kenan, explores the many aspects of African American life in the South.
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