Working for a Living
James Talley’s Nashville City Blues chronicles the singer/songwriter’s career and his encounters with the music business.
Book Reviews
Wide Awake
Rough Sleepers, the latest book by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder, follows Dr. Jim O’Connell, a physician who has spent his career providing care for homeless people in Boston. Tracy Kidder will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
A Portrait of Grief
In her memoir, A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing, Amanda Held Opelt observes the impact of grief on her identity, relationships, and faith.
What Was Buried
David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew explores family ties, secrets, and revelations that will shake a man to his core.
Art and Intimacy
The protagonist of Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake tells her daughters the full story of her past. Or does she? Patchett will discuss Tom Lake at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville on July 31, Novel in Memphis on August 18, and the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
Reaching Others at a Deeper Level
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: It’s in the Action, the posthumous memoir by civil rights legend C.T. Vivian, reveals a life of extraordinary vision, conscience, and discipline.
