Tayari Jones talks with Chapter 16 about her newest novel, An American Marriage
Tayari Jones, who will talk about her novel An American Marriage during the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville October 12-14, sets her fiction in Atlanta because the urban South is “a microcosm of all the issues facing the country.”
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Kristin O’Donnell Tubb’s new novel set in the New York Public Library celebrates the power of storytelling
Young fans of New York City, libraries, and life during the 1920s will be mesmerized by The Story Collector, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb’s new novel for middle-grade students, which celebrates the power of storytelling. Tubb will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 30, and at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 12-14.
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J.T. Ellison’s new stand-alone thriller reveals terrifying truths about an elite young skier
J.T. Ellison’s latest, Tear Me Apart, is a jaw-dropping story of suspense about a young athlete, the injury that leads to a shocking medical diagnosis, and the race to make sense of her past before it’s too late. Ellison will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 29, and at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held October 12-14.
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In The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaine learns about love and fear at the sideshow
Tessa Fontaine’s struggle against her fears, both physical and emotional, is at the center of her poignant, ultimately life-affirming memoir, The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts. Tessa Fontaine will discuss The Electric Woman at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 12-14.
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Sorority recruitment proves to be an unlikely catalyst for change in Lisa Patton’s Rush
Lisa Patton’s Rush is a deep dive into sorority culture and a powerful treatise on the importance of extricating what’s genuinely valuable from a matrix of history, tradition, and social torpor-and leaving the rest. Patton will appear at Novel in Memphis on August 21, at Books-A-Million in Jackson on August 22, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 23, at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on September 20, and at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 12-14.
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Patchwork surveys decades of Bobbie Ann Mason’s fiction, nonfiction, and interviews
Patchwork collects important work by Bobbie Ann Mason, whose short stories, novels, and memoir were inspired by the people, land, and language of her native Western Kentucky. Mason will appear at Burke’s Book Store in Memphis on September 6, and at the 2018 Southern Festival of Books, which will be held in Nashville October 12-14
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