Kathi Appelt delivers an epic tale of camels, kestrels, and the power of stories
…Southern Festival of Books visit. Yours will be virtual, yes? Appelt: I don’t have all the details yet, but yes, mine will be virtual. Alas! I miss being present, in…
Wiley Cash’s fourth novel combines rich characters and compelling mystery
…Ghosts Come Home. Photo: Mallory Cash Set in 1984 in the small North Carolina coastal town of Oak Island, When Ghosts Come Home opens as an early-morning, low-flying airplane awakens…
Kristen Radtke’s Seek You considers our solitary era
…Casey Kasem’s “American Top Forty.” Seek You braids the science of loneliness, from extensive experiments to recent discoveries, with her personal history. Radtke writes candidly about nomadic treks from the…
Brian Broome’s memoir rescues a childhood ended too soon
…children is enshrouded in the daily grind for survival. Punch Me Up to the Gods is constructed around verses from Gwendolyn Brooks’ 1959 poem “We Real Cool.” Reflecting the structure…
In Robert Olen Butler’s Late City, America’s last surviving WWI soldier reports his life story to God
…a newsman’s final testimony, conveys the novel’s dual interest in looking back and in breaking news. The final printing of the Cunningham Examiner contains shocking revelations, indeed — scoops that…
Margaret Renkl discusses her new essay collection, Graceland, at Last
…surrounding them, of ecological disasters caused by indifference, and activists who work to combat that indifference. It’s also the place that gave us the likes of William Edmondson, Dolly Parton,…
