October 27, 2014 Katori Hall will direct the film version of her play, Hurt Village, which is set in her hometown, Memphis.
Heading to Hollywood
Playwright Katori Hall will direct the film version of her play, Hurt Village
News & Notes
New Deals
Both Victoria Schwab and Jessica Young have inked contracts on new series fiction for children and young adults
October 7, 2014 Across publishing, children’s and YA titles have kept the publishing industry profitable this year, and Middle Tennessee authors Jessica Young and Victoria Schwab are doing their part for the trend.
A "Hair-Raising Tale"
Hamton Sides’s new nonfiction book, In the Kingdom of Ice, earns raves from critics
September 24, 2014 Hampton Sides’s new book, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, was released during the height of summer’s dog days, but the book’s critical reception has been far from icy.
Officially a Genius
Poet-translator Khaled Mattawa has won a MacArthur grant
September 19, 2014 Let’s just go ahead and call 2014 Khaled Mattawa’s year: in January he was appointed chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and now he has been named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. What this most recent honor means in lay terms: Mattawa has just won a $625,000 “genius” grant.
Assured, Evocative Tales
Readers have been waiting a long time for new collection of stories by Tony Earley
September 12, 2014 As critics and readers welcome the appearance of a new work of fiction by Tony Earley, whose last book appeared in 2008, the Nashville author himself gives a fascinating interview to The Daily Beast.
Editors' Choice
Critics applaud Richard Bausch’s Before, During, After
August 22, 2014 This week’s New York Times Book Review includes Before, During, After by former University of Memphis novelist Richard Bausch among its books of the week.
