Stories from the Tenants Downstairs explores a place that’s both hell and home
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: This review originally appeared on August 15, 2022. *** Sidik Fofana’s Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, a debut collection of linked stories, emerges from a…
Crystal Wilkinson on her new culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
…me to allow her to speak and then in turn to give other women of her time a voice through her. Chapter 16: How did writing this book change you…
In Come and Get It, Kiley Reid’s college characters tackle life’s big questions
…get it, how to acquire more. Agatha begins writing profiles of Millie’s dormmates for Teen Vogue; in her online pieces, called Fun Money, Agatha details these women’s cushy allowances and…
George Singleton brings his gift for storytelling to the essays in Asides
…think most readers who dive into this lovely slim book full of dogs, writing advice, and summer jobs will disagree. Asides, following hard on the heels of Singleton’s August 2023…
Ganesh Sitaraman explains how to fix flying
…Vanderbilt University Law School professor details how the airline industry has gone awry and what can be done about it. “Tens of thousands of flights are delayed and canceled each…
Jonathan Metzl wants to reframe the gun debate
…Matthew Masters Gun violence is a local matter for Metzl, a Vanderbilt professor and director of the university’s Department of Medicine, Health, and Society. He was horrified by the 2018…
