…Blankets damp with rain. If I squat against the wheelwell, and look at his quiet hands, and do not turn away. If they tremble. If they’re still. Copyright © 2019…
“Behind the Eyes, & Shining”
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How the Other Half Lived
Cecelia Tichi’s What Would Mrs. Astor Do? peeks into the lives of the Gilded Age rich
…about. Tichi, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, has done the sort of research one would expect from a renowned scholar. What…
“In the Midst of the Heroin Epidemic”
Book Excerpt: In the Months of My Son’s Recovery
…my head with the strong smell of hot coffee Cynthia poured for me. Small actions that distract. They minimize, but can’t efface, any of the suffering. Copyright (c) 2018 by…
Why Elections Matter
Keel Hunt recalls a time when bipartisan politics forged a better Tennessee
In Crossing the Aisle, Keel Hunt dives into the political history of Tennessee during the 1980s and 1990s, when Republicans and Democrats forged useful alliances that drove the state forward….
Reconciled to Imperfection
Poet Blas Falconer writes with deep empathy in Forgive the Body This Failure
Growing from youth to maturity means, among other things, becoming reconciled to imperfection. With time and living, the illusion of limitless possibility gives way to an acceptance of inevitable failure…
Normal is Boring
Escaping from Houdini, Kerri Maniscalco’s new YA mystery, combines science, magic, and murder
Escaping from Houdini, the third volume in Kerri Maniscalco’s YA murder mystery series, opens on New Year’s Day 1889 aboard the RMS Etruria, a transatlantic ocean liner sailing from Liverpool…
