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Beloved America

The Possibility of America: How the Gospel Can Mend Our God-Blessed, God-Forsaken Land is David Dark’s second book on American politics, culture, and religion. Today the Nashville author talks with Chapter 16 about the unreflective confluence of religion, politics, and media in the Trump era.

Beloved America

The Platforms of Contempt

In Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, a Silicon Valley veteran explains how social-media networks erode the well-being of people and societies. Roger McNamee will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 27.

Hacking Religion

“God is real. Everything we say about God is made up,” writes Rami Shapiro in his new book, Holy Rascals: Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries. Shapiro will appear at two Nashville events this month: at Parnassus Books on March 14 and at the Scarritt Bennett Center on March 24.

Original Story

In Spoken into Being, Michael E. Williams explores the origins of our stories and their creative potential. Williams will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 8 at 2 p.m.

What’s Measured in Time

In her debut novel, Work Like Any Other, Virginia Reeves explores the nature of work, how it defines and shapes families. Reeves will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16.

Reading to Reset

TheLIttlestBigfoot_cvrBestselling novelist Jennifer Weiner talks with Chapter 16 about gender inequality, what kids can achieve when they question their culture, and her debut children’s book, The Littlest Bigfoot. Weiner will appear at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on September 16, 2016, at 4 p.m.

Reading to Reset
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