Elvis’ biographer takes on the stories of his legendary manager
Facts tend to lose the battle with myths, but Peter Guralnick keeps fighting the good fight for the truth in The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World. Guralnick will discuss the book at Graceland in Memphis on August 15 and Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 20.
Lydi Conklin’s debut novel is as tender as it is unruly
Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life captures the civil rights leader in his full humanity
On rediscovering a literary love
Maybe the trick is just to remember
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