Alan Lightman considers the origins of spirituality in The Transcendent Brain
In his latest book, The Transcendent Brain, physicist and novelist Alan Lightman explores the biological and evolutionary sources of our most profound mystical experiences.
Read more
Light to the Hills tells a story of bringing literacy and light to impoverished people
Light to the Hills contains many of the traditional elements of Appalachian life — tales of moonshine and cock fighting, feuds and floods, coal mining and snake handling — but in Bonnie Blaylock’s lyrical prose, they come alive in a new way to tell a powerful story of family ties, mountain ways, and mountain justice. Blaylock will sign her book at Linebaugh Public Library in Murfreesboro on April 5.
Read more
Journalist Tim Ghianni recalls decades covering country legends
Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes is a tribute to Nashville’s country music legends and the city’s past.
Read more
Mary-Alice Daniel’s debut poetry collection interrogates our sense of order
Mary-Alice Daniel’s Mass for Shut-Ins is the winner of the 2022 Yale Younger Poets Prize. The poems in this debut collection ask readers to live inside a porousness of borders, both physical and mental.
Read more
Frank X Walker’s new picture book pays tribute to Black life in Appalachia
Frank X Walker’s A Is for Affrilachia, illustrated by upfromsumdirt, is a picture book for all ages.
Read more
John Seigenthaler promoted thoughtful discourse one book at a time
A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler’s Interviews celebrates the significant contribution to the American literary landscape made by Nashville’s John Seigenthaler, a legendary journalist and First Amendment advocate.
Read more
