Travel writer Jedidiah Jenkins trades in cross-continental treks to map a more personal terrain.
…and familiar, as unique as it is universal: one individual’s search for meaning. In a collection of essays born out of his popular Instagram feed, Jenkins — whose best-selling debut,…
Pick a card — or two, or three — for instant inspiration
As the epigraph to her newest project, Kickstart Creativity: 50 Prompted Cards to Spark Inspiration, Nashville writer and educator Bonnie Smith Whitehouse chose this admonishment from poet Mary Oliver: “The…
Robert Gipe’s Appalachian trilogy concludes with Pop: An Illustrated Novel
…as the final installment of the trilogy, Dawn’s daughter Nicolette, now 17, becomes the novel’s primary narrator. Photo: Amelia Kirby It’s 2016, and in advance of the looming presidential election…
Michelle Duster delivers an intimate biography of Ida B. Wells
…Du Bois, Ella Baker, and Jesse Jackson. In several instances, Duster connects Wells’ history with those profiled. And she does so with aplomb; for instance, she juxtaposes a recounting of…
Natalie Lloyd talks with Chapter 16 as she concludes her Problim Children series
…know what you were made of if you didn’t risk your life now and then?” In this final installment of their story, Mona and her siblings are off to sea…
Nashville Ballet artistic director Paul Vasterling on Lincoln in the Bardo and tsundoku
Paul Vasterling became artistic director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, after 10 years with the company as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. A Louisiana native, he discovered ballet in his…
