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
…63-year-old Winston Barnes and his cancer-stricken wife, Marie. Although Winston, the town’s principled and kind sheriff, already has a peculiar feeling and tells his beloved Marie that he is going…
Kristen Radtke’s Seek You considers our solitary era
…into larger arcs, among them the technology of laugh tracks and personal websites. There’s a sobering set piece on a narcissistic University of Wisconsin professor and a beautiful riff on…
Brian Broome’s memoir rescues a childhood ended too soon
…hometown renders his father an angry, unemployed shell of a man, but Broome revisits his paternal relationship with enlightened eyes. Oftentimes, he seems to conclude, Black parents’ love for their…
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
…turned toward the world beyond.” Prine’s first album (and his last album, too) would make a fine soundtrack while you read these stately, at times angry, and always graceful essays….
