In The Divided City, Alan Mallach considers how the revival of American cities can create opportunity for all
On October 22, Alan Mallach will discuss The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America, an examination of the changing face of America’s cities, at Novel in Memphis.
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Nathaniel Philbrick explains how George Washington—and the French navy—won the American Revolution
With In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick delivers a gripping account of the campaigns of 1781, which broke the British hold on North America. Philbrick will appear at the Nashville Public Library on October 22 as part of the Salon@615 series.
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Linda Kay Klein looks at the fallout from evangelical Christianity’s purity movement
Linda Kay Klein’s Pure encompasses twelve years of fieldwork and research about the effects of purity culture in evangelical Christian churches. Klein will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 19 at 7 p.m.
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Keisha Blain talks with Chapter 16 about a lost slice of American history
The historical figures at the center of Set the World on Fire by Keisha Blain are outside the halls of power: they are black, they are women, they are poor or working-class, and they advocate ideas that fall outside the political mainstream. Blain will deliver the Belle McWilliams Lecture in American History at the University of Memphis on October 18 at the River Room in the University Center.
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There’s nothing like the connections that bring writers and readers together at the Southern Festival of Books
Here it is, finally, the day when writers and readers throng into Nashville on an October weekend seeking fellowship and elevation of the spirit and news and gossip. But especially old friends and new books.
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Kevin Powers, author of the acclaimed Iraq War novel The Yellow Birds, returns with A Shout in the Ruins
“The truth has a funny way of making its way in the world,” writes Kevin Powers in his new novel, A Shout in the Ruins, which explores painful truths about the human impulse toward violence and empire. Powers will appear at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 12-14. Festival events are free and open to the public.
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