Dinner with Ron Jeremy is just the first course in Kendra DeColo’s impressive new collection of poems
Nashville poet Kendra DeColo’s new collection My Dinner with Ron Jeremy explores matters of the heart and groin in equal measure, presenting a collection that is at turns playful, dark, and odd, with a lyricism that belies the sometimes garish subject matter.
Gail Lumet Buckley’s family history provides a window into the long movement for black liberation
Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of Lena Horne, tells her family’s story from emancipation through the civil-rights era in The Black Calhouns. This sharply epic family saga is interwoven with the history of black American intellectuals and their movements for racial justice. Buckley will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
Leanne W. Smith explores the hardships and hardiness of Western settlers after the Civil War
In Leanne W. Smith’s debut novel, Leaving Independence, Abigail Baldwin’s quest to discover the truth about her husband takes her and her children on the Oregon Trail, where she encounters the expected dangers—and an unexpected love. Smith will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
The Star-Touched Queen takes fantasy fans on an exotic flying-carpet ride
In The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi weaves a tapestry of myth and magic, love and destiny, time and eternity. This colorful story—a debut novel and the first of a series—features twists and turns that will delight young-adult readers with a yen for exotic fantasy. Chokshi will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. All festival events are free and open to the public.
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With Eligible, Curtis Sittenfeld delivers a contemporary adaptation of Pride & Prejudice
The Austen Project has commissioned six contemporary authors to write modern adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels. Tasked with the daunting challenge of reimagining the beloved Pride & Prejudice, bestselling novelist Curtis Sittenfeld has delivered Eligible, an inventive and irreverent update to a revered tale. Sittenfeld will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
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In Laura Hendrix Ezell’s A Record of Our Debts, small-town lives are bound by their mysterious history
In A Record of Our Debts, a debut story collection by Cookeville writer Laura Hendrix Ezell, paranoia runs tightly through a collection of small towns where the bonds of community may chafe, but freedom can become its own prison. Ezell will discuss A Record of Our Debts at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
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