An Island of Rich Girls
A “nasty girl with nasty thoughts,” a “wrong girl if there ever was one,” and “strangely powerful”: these are some of the ways Thea Atwell, the narrator of Anton DiSclafani’s…
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Small Batch, Big Taste
Not long ago, on a summer day made for a hammock, a cold drink, and a good book, I found myself standing over a hot stove in my small kitchen,…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh / I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies.” So begins one of the alt-pop radio singles of the summer,…
Another Blank Page, Another New Season
…water. I hold it up to the light. Will it do the trick? Only one way to find out. Susannah Felts will read from her work on June 4, 2013,…
The Way He Works
Twenty-five years ago and long B.G. (before Google), illustrator and writer David Macaulay published his groundbreaking book, The Way Things Work, now a classic of children’s nonfiction. There had truly…
Found in Translation
While many illustrated children’s books are collaborative efforts, few involve an international partnership quite like the one that resulted in Jemmy Button, a beautiful new work by Nashville-based illustrator Jennifer…
