Jill McCorkle’s Hieroglyphics explores the intricate passages of memory, time, and love
…other. Her most recent partner, the father of her younger son, has fled to Alaska — or is it Alabama? Since he was given to casually saying things like “You’d…
Three Appalachian women tell their stories in Voices Worth the Listening
…Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which the Danish prince remarks, “Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! … you would pluck out the heart of my mystery.”…
A Nashville journalist maps a Syrian-American restaurateur’s moving journey to Hendersonville
…Guy Fieri. The real-life characters depicted by author Jordan Ritter Conn are, it turns out, as discordant as the values and the people that earnest young Syrian immigrant Riyad Alkasem…
The 2020 Southern Festival of Books takes its stellar roster of authors online
…author of historical fiction and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Her work has been published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Passionate about the power of history and story…
Comic artist Gene Luen Yang talks with Chapter 16 about getting graphic in school
…talking about present-day situations by talking about historical or fictional parallels. Discussing current situations can sometimes get too emotional. We’re too close to see clearly. Maybe the Boxer Rebellion (and…
In Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Wanting Radiance, a daughter searches for her own buried origins
…Willy’s Wonderama, Miracelle hears a haunting instruction: “If you want to know who you are, you might just find a clue here you can use.” In her job as “wonder-finder,”…
