A reissued biography affirms the legacy of harmonica virtuoso DeFord Bailey
David C. Morton and Charles K. Wolfe’s DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music chronicles the life and times of a legendary entertainer and musician.
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Emily Habeck’s Shark Heart is a wild journey of transformation
Shark Heart, the debut novel by Emily Habeck, is an idiosyncratic, even fantastical, allegory exploring the transformative natures of love between husband and wife, mother and daughter, human and animal. Habeck will appear at The Bookshop in Nashville on September 21
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The world probably had room in it — even for me
How, I was wondering, could homesickness affect someone who was so sick of home?
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Kristine Potter’s photography goes deep
Nashville-based photographer Kristine Potter melds murder ballads with Southern landscapes in Dark Waters.
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Amanda Held Opelt reconciles faith and grief in A Hole in the World
In her memoir, A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing, Amanda Held Opelt observes the impact of grief on her identity, relationships, and faith.
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A small town is shaken by racial turmoil in David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew
David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew explores family ties, secrets, and revelations that will shake a man to his core.
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