Book Excerpt: Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story
…The Ringer. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Denver, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken Nashville-style. Upward of ten thousand people attend the annual Hot Chicken Festival, held…
Corey Mesler’s hippie poet returns in The Adventures of Camel Jeremy Eros
…Camel’s sexual prowess can grow tiring, yet the novel’s love story — between Camel and Allen, a “witchy and willowy” sculptor — is surprisingly moving. The book’s voice is conversational…
Unlikely Angel delves into Dolly Parton’s formidable skill as a songwriter
…While Parton’s methods may be “instinctive and emotional, not theoretical,” Hamessley believes that “musical analysis identifies and clarifies her intuitive musical choices.” In spite of her emphasis on the technical…
Book Excerpt: The Absurd Man
You, Reader So often I dream of the secrets of satellites, and so often I want the moose to step from the shadows and reveal his transgressions, and so often…
Poets offer their perspectives on the global pandemic in Together in a Sudden Strangeness
Together in a Sudden Strangeness gathers more than 100 poets, whose consummate skill and invaluable insight shed light on the unprecedented experiences of this year’s global pandemic. As COVID-19 case…
Robert Gordon revisits his rollicking tale of a revolutionary musical city
…but it has an effect, can change the vibes in a room, affects moods, captures beauty — and all invisibly. Blues has a capaciousness; a song can open up endlessly…
