Intrigue abounds in a town where ghosts are less threatening than the living
With The Promise of Lost Things, Nashville writer Helene Dunbar adds another page-turning chapter to the story of St. Hilaire, New York, and its spooky residents – both living and dead – begun in her 2020 novel, Prelude for Lost Souls. Dunbar will discuss the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 27.
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Stories from the Attic is the final collection by William Gay
When William Gay died suddenly in 2012, he left behind a considerable amount of unpublished work that has been slowly making its way into print. The final posthumous release, due in July, is Stories from the Attic, a collection of short stories, essays, and fragments from works-in-progress.
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Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
Banjo player Bob Black’s Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White is the story of a master musician who always put the music first.
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Neurosurgeon Jay Wellons reflects on a life devoted to healing
In All That Moves Us, pediatric neurosurgeon Jay Wellons recounts some of the most memorable moments of his career as a children’s doctor. Wellons will discuss the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 29.
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Critic and author Teju Cole thinks about photography and politics
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Teju Cole is the photography critic at The New York Times Magazine and the author of Blind Spot, a collection of photographs accompanied by brief pieces of writing.
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God’s Rascal examines the life of fundamentalist J. Frank Norris
“If fundamentalism had not existed,” Barry Hankins tells us, J. Frank Norris “would have invented it.” In God’s Rascal, Hankins offers a portrait of a talented, abusive man whose fiery rhetoric shaped a major U.S. religious movement.
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