Author and naturalist Janisse Ray advocates for wildness
…be explored.” In October, Ray will bring her insights about these subjects to Murfreesboro as the keynote speaker at the annual MSTU Write Conference. This year’s conference theme, “Wild |…
Good women don’t always behave well in Halle Hill’s debut story collection
…about the things they do that are decidedly not good. They are honest and reflective, and they are also trapped in webs of trauma and historical harm. Though the women…
Prine on Prine shines with the beloved songwriter’s heart, humor, and humanity
…in There,” “Sam Stone.” Holly Gleason (Photo: Allister Ann) There was Prine the rocker, looking louche on the cover of Sweet Revenge, and sounding it on the opening lines: “I…
How Dolly Parton saved one woman’s life
…Later, as the mother of two teen daughters, she and her husband brought their family to visit Dollywood “to breathe in the backdrop that had formed the woman who in…
Historian Cookie Woolner unearths communities of Black queer women in the 1920s and ‘30s
…at the center of The Famous Lady Lovers face multiple prejudices: They are women, they are Black, and they are queer. Why did you choose to tell their stories? If…
Carrie Tipton traces the complex origins of college fight songs
…experience aspects of that emotional imprint long before they ever attend university. The book also briefly riffs on the idea that the seasonal rhythm of college football — all the…
