In The Hearts of Men, Nickolas Butler stages the trials of Boy Scout camp
The title of Nickolas Butler’s new novel, The Hearts of Men, points directly to its thematic core: set at a Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin, the book tells the intertwined stories of two camp families over three generations. Butler will discuss The Hearts of Men at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 16 at 6:30 p.m.
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The work of three young Nashville poets is earning national attention
Good news for Vanderbilt undergraduates Ariana Yeatts-Lonske and Marissa Davis, and for Belmont undergraduate Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay suggests the future is bright for poetry in Tennessee
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Crystal Sanders explains how federal anti-poverty programs figured in the civil-rights movement
In A Chance for Change, Crystal Sanders expands our understanding of the role of education and federal anti-poverty programs in the civil-rights movement. She will discuss the book at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis on March 16 at 6 p.m.
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Barry Friedman argues for public control of law enforcement in Unwarranted
In Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission, former Vanderbilt Law professor Barry Friedman takes a sobering look at the practices of modern law enforcement. He will discuss Unwarranted at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 12 at 2 p.m.
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In We Are Water, Wally Lamb unwinds the tangled threads that hold families together through fire and flood
Wally Lamb’s fifth novel, We Are Water, is a testament to the fact that families can survive almost anything thrown at them—murder, abuse, abandonment—if love remains. Lamb will appear in conversation with songwriter Mary Gautier on March 11 at Green Door Gourmet in Nashville in a benefit event for the Porch Writers’ Collective.
In Gizelle’s Bucket List, Lauren Fern Watt takes her dying mastiff on an epic adventure
In Gizelle’s Bucket List, the touching story of an unlikely duo who tackle life together, Lauren Fern Watt remembers the six magical years she shared with a giant English mastiff. Watt will discuss her debut memoir at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 11 at 2 p.m.
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