In Charlie Peacock’s memoir Roots and Rhythm: A Life in Music, his take on the music business moves in tandem with his autobiography, which documents a spiritual quest that continues to this day. Peacock will discuss Roots and Rhythm with Jason Moon Wilkins at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville on June 14.
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection, House Gone Quiet, chronicles characters at a turning point. Norris will appear with Tiana Clark and Alina Grabowski at Vanderbilt University on April 3.
In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s new novel Happy Land, Black mothers and daughters reconnect with each other and the land that shaped them. Perkins-Valdez will discuss Happy Land at Novel in Memphis on April 11.
Major Jackson’s sixth poetry collection, Razzle Dazzle, sets the biographical details of the poet’s life alongside the evolution of his work. Jackson will give a reading at the CMAC Building at Lane College in Jackson on April 2, and he will appear with Jad Abumrad at Analog at Hutton Hotel in Nashville on April 8.
“I’m a baseball player,” 12-year-old Timothy “Pumpsie” Strickland declares. “Baseball is my life.” In Andrea Williams’ new middle-grade novel, Inside the Park, Pumpsie must overcome his fears and think fast to save the day when sinister forces threaten his beloved team, the Nashville Wildcats.
Author Chris Offutt wastes no time in the opening of The Reluctant Sheriff, as two liquor delivery drivers come across a dead body in the parking lot of a local tavern. This body is only the first to fall. Readers who’ve come to know and love Offutt’s Mick Hardin series can safely anticipate that there will be more to follow.
