Nashville-based photographer Kristine Potter melds murder ballads with Southern landscapes in Dark Waters.
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Southern Gothic Time Warp
Kristine Potter’s photography goes deep
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A Connection to the Earth
Brooks Lamb works to preserve the family farm
Family farming is hard work, acknowledges Brooks Lamb in Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place. But he says it’s also a rewarding lifestyle worth saving, for the sake of the environment and ourselves. Lamb will discuss the book at Novel in Memphis on July 29.
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Bringing up the Dead
Lorrie Moore discusses death, humor, and her sensational new novel
I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home braids the diary of a 19th-century spinster with a modern-day road trip story. With her signature dry humor and mastery of metaphor, Lorrie Moore leaves bodies in her wake.
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Human Drama
Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist
Chris Offutt talks with Chapter 16 about the love that goes into his rural noir thrillers.
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Gratitude and Loss
Angela Tucker wants us to understand the complexities of adoption
Angela Tucker is committed to opening a conversation about the complex, sometimes contradictory emotions around adoption, especially for transracial adoptees. Tucker will discuss her book You Should Be Grateful with Steve Haruch at The Porch in Nashville on June 10.
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Not Just Another Word
Jefferson Cowie explores the troubling history of racist anti-statism in the South
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: With Freedom’s Dominion, Jefferson Cowie spins a dark, intricate tale of white, racist, anti-statist ideas of freedom in Alabama, revealing a sprawling history of white resistance to federal power. The book recently received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in history.
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