Nashville Ballet artistic director Paul Vasterling on Lincoln in the Bardo and tsundoku
…to find his way back, he realizes how unique and special he is. Chapter 16: Can you tell us about one or two of your all-time favorite books? Vasterling: Well,…
Say Nothing weaves the unsolved case of a disappeared Belfast mother into a history of the Troubles
…Although the paramilitaries had ceased hostilities, even by 2015 tricolor or Union Jack flags still flew in Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods separated by “peace walls,” and most students still attended…
Susan Choi sets her novel Trust Exercise at the intersection of fact and fiction
…social world has been almost completely upended, due in part to the machinations of their Theatre Arts teacher, Mr. Kingsley, the aptly named puppet-master of the CAPA universe. “Mr. Kingsley…
Shuly Xóchitl Cawood mines the nuances of daily life in A Small Thing to Want
…tight-lipped about everything, anything — guárdate los secretos — because once you gave away secrets, people would use them to steal other things from you.” For the most part, the…
Memphis writer Chanelle Benz shares her current reading list and the story that haunts her
…one of Electric Literature’s 15 Best Short Story Collections that year, and the Chicago Review of Books wrote, “Benz pulls the rug out from under you in almost every story,…
Alia Volz pays tribute to her mother’s enterprising marijuana brownie business in Home Baked
…relief from devastating symptoms when conventional medicine offered few options. Stories like Meridy’s place the rapidly evolving legal and cultural status of all cannabis-related products into fascinating perspective. “The AIDS…
