A Publication of Humanities Tennessee

Suffering in Coal Country

…the legal battles disease-stricken miners waged against their wealthy employers for modest monthly payments of $500 to $800. The weapons lawyers used when they worked for companies like Massey Coal

Home, Happiness, and Hurt

…character, although it sometimes shifts in appearance. Segregated ‘Miam-ah’ becomes Miami. The Tennessee that one has escaped from becomes the pain that one will endure just to be home. The…

What We’ll Miss and What We’ll Share

…Often when we say, “I can’t wait to read this,” what we mean is that we can’t wait to be alone — for the world to fall away and be…

Baking Can Save You

“In the morning, there is a quiet light and an almost ethereal hum in a restaurant kitchen,” says Nashville writer Lisa Donovan in her new book, Our Lady of Perpetual

Same War, Same General

In 2015, journalist Connor Towne O’Neill was on a reporting trip to Selma, Alabama, when he stumbled across some Lost Cause enthusiasts preparing to erect a bust of Nathan Bedford…

Surviving the Curse of “Nowville”

…to Nashville, before they tear it down.” Is the end of cool Nashville inevitable? Can the inexorable wheels of capitalism be slowed, if not stopped? Haruch: I often think of…

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