In Come Again No More, David Wesley Williams resurrects the spirit of a dying newsroom with the lyrical gusto of a man both mourning and celebrating his first love. This is a novel about, among other things, the end of an era — the collapse of American newspapers, yes, but also the twilight of a man who is skeptical, rumpled, and in love with ink. David Wesley Williams will discuss Come Again No More at Burke’s Book Store in Memphis on November 13.
Jared Joseph’s new novel Soft Lighting contains a range of voices, all of them trying to solve life’s riddles and share their thoughts on art, love, identity, and pop culture.
“Had I changed us, made us friends, would I have turned his fate?” asks Leah Gavin, the narrator of Sheri Joseph’s novel Angels at the Gate. Loosely based on the author’s time at the University of the South in the 1980s, Joseph says the story is “about the thrill of creating oneself in youth and the paths taken and not taken that lead to regret.”
Dead Man Blues, a crime novel by S.D. House (pen name of bestselling author Silas House), combines a mysterious murder with the tale of a man in search of redemption.
With Gone Before Goodbye, Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben combine forces to introduce readers to Maggie McCabe, a world-class reconstructive surgeon who finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue and lies. The authors will discuss the book at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville on October 29, with Ann Patchett moderating.
In Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar, Don Cusic makes the case for the East Tennessee-born musician, producer, and record-label executive as the emblematic guitarist of the 20th century. Don Cusic will appear at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
