With deep research and vivid writing, Jason Ward tells the story of two lynchings in Clarke County, Mississippi, that explain both black progress and white resistance across the course of the twentieth century. Ward will discuss Hanging Bridge at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
“What if pain—like love—is just a place brave people visit?” asks Momastery blogger Glennon Doyle Melton in her new memoir, Love Warrior. Today Melton speaks with Chapter 16 in advance of her appearance at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium on September 8, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
J.D. Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, is more than the story of Vance’s still-young life: it is also a sharp, compelling analysis of anomie and social breakdown in modern America. Vance will discuss Hillbilly Elegy at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
Utopia Drive: A Road Trip Through America’s Most Radical Idea chronicles Erik Reece’s search for communities of people who embraced political, economic, social, and environmental “alternatives that now seem impossible but might soon prove inevitable.” Reece will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. Festival events are free and open to the public.
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life is James Lee McDonough’s detailed look at a brilliant, multi-faceted soldier who never hesitated to visit the hell of war on his enemies. McDonough will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is an extraordinary account of renters and landlords in Milwaukee. It forces the reader to understand the urban housing market as not just a consequence but also a cause of poverty. Desmond will be at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. Festival events are free and open to the public.
