Ace Atkins mixes populist politics, crime podcasts, and a rapping Choctaw hit man in The Shameless
Ace Atkins’ The Shameless keeps the Quinn Colson series fresh with New York podcasters, a populist politician, and a pair of Native American hit men. Atkins will appear at Novel in Memphis on July 10 and at the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville on July 17.
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Secrets affect three generations of a family in Bethlehem
A wife finds that her husband’s family mansion contains old secrets and new temptations in Karen Kelly’s Bethlehem.
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Poet Jesse Graves interviews literary Renaissance man David Madden
Knoxville native and literary polymath David Madden talks about his early influences, the writers he finds essential, and the importance of technique in creative writing.
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Book Excerpt: Solstice to Solstice to Solstice
Former Murfreesboro resident Allison Boyd Justus has worked for Tennessee’s community colleges and public schools as a library assistant, a teacher of English-language learners, and a teacher of intellectually gifted students.
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S.J. Dahlman traces Daniel Boone’s Wilderness Road through modern Appalachia
In A Familiar Wilderness, S.J. Dahlman, a journalist and professor at Milligan College, hikes the route of Daniel Boone’s Wilderness Road. Dahlman will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on June 30.
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The characters in Michael Croley’s debut collection struggle to find their place
In Michael Croley’s debut story collection, quiet people wrestle with the deepest human questions. Croley will discuss Any Other Place at Novel in Memphis on June 30.
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