Karen Outen’s Dixon, Descending brings to life two brothers with a costly ambition
Karen Outen’s debut novel, Dixon, Descending, explores themes of brotherhood, ambition, and the acceptance of one’s own mortality. Outen will discuss the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 8.
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Alan Gratz’s new novel for young readers explores the events of December 7, 1941
“I was afraid. Of pretty much everything. There were a hundred ways to die at Pearl Harbor,” admits 13-year-old Frank, the main character and narrator of Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor, the latest in Alan Gratz’s series of action-packed historical novels for young readers. Gratz will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on February 25.
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Reflections on Tales of Wakanda and the visionary literature of the African diaspora
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Black authors, along with visual artists, musicians, designers, and activists, have long learned to zip into the cloak of art we now call Afrofuturism to imagine possible futures that embrace truly liberated Black bodies and stories. Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda, an anthology edited by Memphis native Jesse J. Holland, joins this tradition through multiple perspectives on the world of Marvel’s T’Challa.
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The ups and downs of 40+ years in a same-sex relationship
In The Way from Me to Us, Mike Coleman recounts his challenges and personal growth as a gay man, both in his early life and through more than 40 years with his husband.
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Crystal Wilkinson on her new culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a food memoir by former Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson, offers a banquet of voices, memories, imagination, and archival photographs. Wilkinson will appear at The Bookshop in Nashville on February 2 and Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on February 3.
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In Come and Get It, Kiley Reid’s college characters tackle life’s big questions
In Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It, a visiting writing professor at the University of Arkansas entangles herself in the tumultuous lives of college students. Reid will discuss her novel at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 3.
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