I’d never been an outdoors kind of gal, but as my 74th birthday approached, I decided to tame our unruly back acre.
Read moreGardening for Fun and … Profit?
How taming a too-steep-to-mow hillside became a new hobby
How taming a too-steep-to-mow hillside became a new hobby
I’d never been an outdoors kind of gal, but as my 74th birthday approached, I decided to tame our unruly back acre.
Read moreA girl and her cat help each other survive brutality and war
Doan Phuong Nguyen mines family history as well as world history in her debut novel for young readers, set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. She will discuss Mèo and Bé at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 24.
Read moreWhy Tammy Wynette Matters places the singer’s work in a feminist context
Critic Steacy Easton’s Why Tammy Wynette Matters examines Wynette’s public persona and artistry. Easton will discuss the book with Jewly Hight at Novelette Booksellers in Nashville on June 2.
Read moreJefferson Cowie explores the troubling history of racist anti-statism in the South
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: With Freedom’s Dominion, Jefferson Cowie spins a dark, intricate tale of white, racist, anti-statist ideas of freedom in Alabama, revealing a sprawling history of white resistance to federal power. The book recently received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in history.
Read moreJolene McIlwain’s Sidle Creek offers a vivid portrait of small-town Appalachia
In her debut story collection Sidle Creek, Jolene McIlwain fashions a world and characters as complicated as they are enduring. These stories let us come to know a small Appalachian community in Western Pennsylvania through its people, from hunters to diner workers to miners.
Read moreAward-winning author Ruta Sepetys offers a guide to the craft of writing
Ruta Sepetys — the award-winning, bestselling, Nashville-based author of five young adult historical novels — offers guidance for novice as well as experienced writers in You: The Story.
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