A Publication of Humanities Tennessee

John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Melville House
176 pages
$16.99


“Featuring interviews of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis at almost every stage of his career, this collection illustrates why Lewis has become a human rights icon and remains an inspiration to activists today.”

~ from the publisher

Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side

Oxford University Press
184 pages
$29.95


“Drawing on extensive social science research concerning political polarization and partisan identity, Robert B. Talisse argues that when we break off civil interactions with our political opponents, we imperil relations with our political allies.”

~ from the publisher

Freedom and Fries

…the project evolve? Marcia Chatelain: As a historian, I’m always looking for a common reference point to bring readers to the table of learning. I’m always looking for a familiar…

The Reluctant Patriot: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Civil War in Tennessee

Aubade Publishing
284 pages
$19.95


“In the course of his war, he will lose a son, plumb a daughter’s love, and form a strange bond with the region’s most controversial figure, W. G. Brownlow. Unremarked by history, Harry experienced, firsthand, the serial betrayals and surprising loyalties of a bloody war on his doorstep. How he survived — and what he became — is a suspenseful and moving tale of a soul’s reformation.”

~from the publisher

One Cure to Heal Them All

…investigate the possibilities of healing the personal and national trauma caused by the war. Balm, which was released last month, looks not at the soldiers’ suffering but at the very…

A Good Man in a Nest of Evil

…and illuminates the heroics of a martyred civil rights activist and a courageous FBI informant. While chronicling the carnage and folly of far-right extremism and racial injustice, it casts shadows…

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