Memphis native Anna Olswanger has written a tiny but powerful book of Holocaust literature for middle-grade readers
A tiny novel with an enormous heart, Anna Olswanger’s Greenhorn poignantly illustrates the old adage that good and powerful things often come in the smallest packages. This book for children…
Mayor Karl Dean is serious about getting Nashvillians to read—and talk about—great books
It’s a safe bet that many, many Nashvillians have more to say about Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale now than they had last year at this time. That’s because Atwood’s…
Novelists Hillary Jordan and Naomi Benaron talk with Chapter 16 about the importance of Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize
…Ngozi Adichie. Susannah Felts will interview Naomi Benaron and Hillary Jordan live at Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 29 at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to…
In Nancy Jensen’s multigenerational novel, The Sisters, six women are guided by the past in ways they cannot imagine
An engrossing achievement in family narrative, Nancy Jensen’s The Sisters follows three generations of women, illuminating the way decisions—and secrets—can reverberate through decades, fundamentally shaping others’ lives in ways they…
Attica Locke’s new literary thriller is much more than a murder mystery
The Cutting Season, the second literary thriller from Attica Locke, opens with a murder: the body of an El Salvadoran sugarcane field worker, her throat slit, is found in a…
Jack Hitt goes in search of the defining American trait, and finds himself amid a bunch of adorable amateurs
There’s something heady about watching a pro wrangle with the definition of American identity—the massaging of that old thing. That’s not least because the act is a little meta: the…
