This essay originally appeared in Touchstone, a publication of Humanities Tennessee, in 1986.
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The Home That Lies Always in Memory
Novelist and scholar Richard Marius hauntingly recalls the farm where he grew up in East Tennessee
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The Senator in the Delta
Smyrna native Ellen B. Meacham chronicles Robert F. Kennedy’s crusade against poverty
In Delta Epiphany, Ellen B. Meacham chronicles Robert F. Kennedy’s 1967 visit to the Mississippi Delta, which spurred his efforts to eradicate hunger in America. Meacham will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 27.
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Red-State Disneyland or Bastion of Equality?
Graham Hoppe examines the cultural implications of Tennessee’s beloved theme park
Graham Hoppe’s Gone Dollywood explores the theme-park juggernaut, the genius behind Dolly Parton’s stardom, and the effect of Pigeon Forge’s culture on Appalachian identity.
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A Cinephile’s Brilliant Friend
In People Only Die of Love in Movies, editor Steve Haruch collects some of the best film writing by the late Jim Ridley
The late Nashville Scene film critic and editor Jim Ridley wrote about movies with dazzling insight, humor, and honesty. In People Only Die of Love in Movies editor Steve Haruch has collected some of the best of Ridley’s work.
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Josiah Rising
Jared A. Brock’s The Road to Dawn tells the story of the real “Uncle Tom”
Jared A. Brock’s The Road to Dawn traces the harrowing story of Josiah Henson’s journey from slavery to world-wide fame as “the real Uncle Tom.” Brock will discuss the book at Novel in Memphis on June 5.
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Written in a Fever
Songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler’s Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout, is a beguiling tale of an astonishing life
In Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout, songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler chronicles his life from Depression-era Appalachia to Yale, New York, and Nashville. Told with charm and detail, his story celebrates creativity and a well-lived life
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