Novelist Jacqueline Woodson explores myriad facets of identity in Red at the Bone
In Red at the Bone, with characteristic lyricism and insight, Jacqueline Woodson delivers an astonishingly rich and resonant portrait of 21st-century American identity. Woodson will discuss the novel at Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 10.
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Book Excerpt: Candescent
Linda Parsons’ poetry has appeared in The Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, and Shenandoah, among many other journals and anthologies. She is playwright-in-residence for The Hammer Ensemble, the social justice wing of Flying Anvil Theatre in Knoxville. Candescent is her fifth poetry collection.
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Novelist Brock Clarke sharpens his absurdist comic edge in Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?
In Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? Brock Clarke sends a repressed middle-aged loner on a madcap journey toward a peculiar sort of enlightenment. Brock Clarke will discuss Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? at the 2019 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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Ruta Sepetys’ The Fountains of Silence uncovers the hidden history of Franco’s Spain
Ruta Sepetys’ riveting fourth novel, The Fountains of Silence, shines light on yet another story the world has conspired to forget.
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Doug Kershaw’s memoir is as wild as they come
The Ragin’ Cajun: Memoir of a Louisiana Man tells Doug Kershaw’s life story from his birth on a houseboat in southern Louisiana to international stardom. The legendary musician and his co-author, novelist Cathie Pelletier, will appear at the 2019 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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Paul Tough reveals how American colleges try (and fail) to redress social inequality
In The Years That Matter Most, journalist Paul Tough offers a bracing assessment of the state of higher education in America, focusing on the ways colleges replicate social divisions. Tough will discuss The Years That Matter Most at the 2019 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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