R.J. Jacobs’ This Is How We End Things delivers a twisting, turning grad school murder mystery.
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A Murder on Campus
The psychology of deception takes center stage in R.J. Jacobs’ new thriller
Book Reviews
A Different Dark
Jim Minick captures the human drama of a deadly F5 tornado in Without Warning
Jim Minick’s Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas offers a gripping nonfiction narrative of the deadliest tornado in Kansas history. Minick will speak at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City on November 15.
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Dream or Nightmare?
Molly McGhee’s debut novel takes a surreal look at modern employment
In her debut novel, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, Molly McGhee considers harsh economic realities through a dream-like lens. McGhee will appear at The Bookshop in Nashville on November 20.
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Descent into Freedom
Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend is a chronicle of survival and liberation
Following her National Book Award-winning 2017 novel, Sing Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward returns with Let Us Descend, the story of an enslaved young woman’s journey toward liberation.
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A Feeling Not Unlike Happiness
Claire Keegan’s stories chart the good and bad of romantic relationships
In Claire Keegan’s new story collection So Late in the Day, women must learn to navigate unpredictable eruptions of the male ego. Keegan will appear at two ticketed events in Nashville, at Parnassus Books on October 28 and Montgomery Bell Academy on October 30.
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Looking for Home
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection resonates with unanswered questions
Kelsey Norris’ debut story collection, House Gone Quiet, chronicles characters at a turning point. Norris will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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