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War Noir

…have always been flawed heroes in your work, though perhaps never more flawed than in Perfidia, where cops perform brutal and often illegal acts in virtually every chapter. Was there…

“Tennessee Line”

…how the sun set like a coffin Into the gray Pacific. How common it all was.                               How uncommon I pictured myself. Memento scrivi, skull-like and word-drunk,                                             one hundred fourteen pages…

Random Penguins for Penguin Random House

Mary Laura Philpott is probably best known around Nashville as the editor of Musing: A Laid Back Lit Journal, the blog at Parnassus Books in Nashville. In that capacity she…

A Comedy of Vices

…jaunts to other places, including Switzerland and the Bahamas. No matter where she travels, her behavior and experiences remain over-the-top. In a desperate effort to lose the ten pounds she’s…

Fire and Hurt

…the uncertainty was Cash’s growing dependence on amphetamines, which helped him drive long hours between tour cities and also to overcome a natural shyness onstage. “Because of all the pills,…

Brat Out of Hell

…in eternal torment to the alternative. “Regarding Hell, you mustn’t feel sorry for me,” Maddy writes. “We all keep secrets from God, and it’s exhausting. If anyone deserves to burn…

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