Ben Anderson chronicles a year in the Smokies
…Mountains National Park’s most rewarding back-country trails. In his new book, Smokies Chronicle, he chronicles the hikes he made on trails he already knew intimately from more than twenty years…
In East Nashville, Her Bookshop and Atomic Nashville offer two new buy-local options
…John Lewis’s graphic memoir, but I also picked up a copy of a bestselling conventional memoir, J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Atomic also stocks all-local music and art, and it’s here…
In Jennifer Haigh’s new novel, Heat and Light, energy companies choose profits over safety
…the really freaky twenty-first-century nastiness. As Lorne Trexler, a geologist from a nearby college, describes it, “hydraulic fracturing” involves “a million gallons of water pumped into the ground at unimaginably…
Kelly Corrigan’s third memoir, Glitter and Glue, is a poignant tale of learning to love her mother
…nanny for John Tanner, a widower with two young children: seven-year-old Milly and five-year-old Martin. As Corrigan steps into the role of caring for them, she can’t help but think…
Samantha Shannon talks with Chapter 16 about The Mime Order, the new novel in her mind-bendingly good dystopian series
…their breath—The Mime Order has already garnered considerable critical acclaim: Publishers Weekly called it “original and intriguing,” Kirkus Reviews praised its “propulsive” plot , and The Guardian was unequivocal: “There…
Mary Laura Philpott signs a book deal for her adorable penguins
…provides a voice for Gracie, Opie, Sparky, and the other dogs at Parnassus: “Shop Dog Diaries” might be the best recurring feature of any literary magazine publishing today. Clearly Philpott…
