Phyllis Tickle, influential religious writer and publisher, has died at her home in Lucy
October 2, 2015 Phyllis Tickle, influential author of more than two dozen books about faith and religion, died of lung cancer on September 22, 2015, at her home in Lucy, Tennessee. She was eighty-one.
“Equilibrium” a poem by Vanderbilt graduate student Tiana Clark, has just won a lucrative national prize
September 15, 2015 “Equilibrium” by Tiana Clark, a first-year graduate student in Vanderbilt University’s M.F.A program in creative writing has won first prize in the annual poetry competition sponsored by the literary magazine Rattle. The award carries a stipend of $10,000.
Humanities Tennessee previews the 2015 Southern Festival of Books
July 13, 2015 Humanities Tennessee today announces a lineup of award-winning, bestselling authors headlining the twenty-seventh annual Southern Festival of Books, which will be held in Nashville, October 9-11. The roster includes renowned authors Rick Bragg, Geraldine Brooks, Pat Conroy, David Maraniss, Paul Theroux, Rebecca Wells, Scott Westerfeld, and many others.
Biographer Andrew Maraniss gets a surprise phone call from Ethel Kennedy
May 18, 2015 The judges of the Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Awards have singled out Andrew Maraniss’s Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South for special recognition.
Memphis-born playwright Katori Hall talks about her new production, The Blood Quilt
May 4, 2015 Katori Hall’s newest play, The Blood Quilt opened in Washington, D.C., on April 24. In a new profile, The Washington Post talks with Hall about the story behind the drama.
In a new memoir, John Oates will focus on his life as a solo musician
April 22, 2015 Rock’n’Roll icon John Oates has signed a book deal with St. Martin’s Press and will release a memoir, still untitled, in 2016.
