Alice Carrière finds her way beyond a troubled upbringing in Everything/Nothing/Someone
In Everything/Nothing/Someone, Alice Carrière mines her strange childhood — seemingly privileged yet violently neglected — as she traces the roots of her dissociative disorder. Carrière will discuss the memoir at Parnassus Books in Nashville on September 6 and the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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Nyani Nkrumah reckons with tragic history and racial reconciliation in a coming-of-age literary debut
Nyani Nkrumah’s debut, Wade in the Water, is a Southern coming-of-age tale that poses deep questions about race, reconciliation, history, and remembrance. Nkrumah will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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David Madden shines an honest light on his family history
Distinguished man of letters and Knoxville native David Madden adds a family memoir to his impressive roster of publications. Set mostly in mid-century Knoxville, Momma’s Lost Piano tells the story of his mother, Emily Merritt Madden, and life’s cruel betrayal of her early expectations.
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Women reflect on their mountain upbringing
In The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women, editor Kami Ahrens curates a collection of voices that subvert the pastoral image of mountain living. Ahrens will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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A true story of adventure and inspiration for middle-grade readers
Adapted for middle-grade readers from Hayley Arceneaux’s 2022 memoir of the same name, Wild Ride tells the story of her recovery from childhood cancer and her unexpected opportunity, at age 29, to join the first all-civilian mission to space.
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Drew Gilpin Faust recalls growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s
In Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury, former Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust recalls her privileged Virginia childhood in the 1950s and her growing involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Faust will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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