White supremacists infiltrate an East Tennessee town in Charles Dodd White’s How Fire Runs
…his group as just another innocuous local organization: “The one thing that could undermine his efforts was haste. Instead, he must remain deliberate, measured. He must not allow others to…
Memphis Mayhem is an insider’s history of the city’s sound
…as “something like the father of all of the musicians.” That regular was Willie Mitchell, who would go on, of course, to produce soul classics by Al Green and Ann…
In David James Poissant’s Lake Life, a family’s farewell to their summer home leads to traumatic reckoning
…seeking help, they know that neither Michael nor Thad will change unless their lives blow up. With so much unspoken anxiety and unaddressed trauma, the parents welcome the chance to…
Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural pays unique tribute to Dolly Parton
…star, but also to flee hardship and the confining strictures around her personal choices — also involved a powerful return home. Parton shows unshakeable commitment to her Smoky Mountain homeland…
Chris Hamby recounts miners’ fight for health benefits in Soul Full of Coal Dust
…were unconventional – X-ray readings, CT scans, unreported diagnoses. And while company defense attorneys had limitless financial resources and time to appeal, the fragile plaintiffs might be investing the final…
Writers of color consider what it means to belong in the South
A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South considers the varying societal access points for people of color below the Mason-Dixon line. From a broad…
