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Dark Night Will Not Rob You of Your Way

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…

Memphis Calling

…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…

Pain and Radiance

…they accelerate, fueled by powerful confrontation with the violent racism and environmental hazards that endanger our current national atmosphere. White holds nothing back, and these scenes spark and blaze. As…

Putting the Music First

Ah, Memphis, the Southern capital of sin and song — “the old Delta synonym,” as Eudora Welty dubbed it, “for pleasure, trouble, and shame.” The sin might have been as…

Open Secrets and Broken Promises

…North Carolina. For decades this unprepossessing structure has been the repository of happy memories for the Starlings — Lisa and Richard, and their sons Michael and Thad. When the parents…

Love Letter to the Dollyverse

…short book becomes an intriguing snapshot of one writer’s engagement with a fraught year of rapidly shifting cultural turmoil. Each installment enfolds Parton’s life — past and present — into…

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