A companion book elegantly encapsulates the documentary series Country Music
Country Music: An Illustrated History, a companion book to the PBS documentary series Country Music, chronicles country’s evolution and emergence as a musical form with broader reach and inclusion than many might think.
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Hollywood secrets come to a small town in Erica Wright’s Famous in Cedarville
In her fourth novel, Famous in Cedarville, Erica Wright combines Hollywood glamour and small-town mystery. Wright will discuss the book at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on November 9 and Parnassus Books In Nashville on November 15.
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Gloria Steinem’s most memorable words remain relevant
The Truth Will Set You Free, but First It Will Piss You Off! collects selected quotes and essays from Gloria Steinem’s many books, articles, and speeches, along with a few contributions from her famous friends, including Michelle Obama and bell hooks. Steinem will discuss the book at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville on November 1.
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Bill Gubbins recalls an extraordinary 1969 encounter with Frank Zappa
The Hot Rats Book tells the story of how, through an unlikely series of events, 19-year-old Bill Gubbins was invited to photograph the 1969 Hot Rats recording session and camp out in Frank Zappa’s Los Angeles home.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates turns his talents toward fiction in a powerful debut novel
Journalist and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates brings compassion and mastery to his debut novel, The Water Dancer, a story of slavery, freedom, and the mystical power of memory. Coates will discuss The Water Dancer at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville on November 6 at 6:15 p.m.
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Victims of an infamous Memphis adoption mill tell their stories in Before and After
Some survivors of Georgia Tann’s notorious baby-selling operation spent decades wondering who they really were before finding their birth families later in life. They share their experiences in Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate’s Before and After. The authors will appear at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library in Memphis on October 26 and Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 28.
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