The Good Fight
Catherine Coleman Flowers’ Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope reveals an activist who knows what it takes to get things done.
Nonfiction
The Natural
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: In Singled Out, Andrew Maraniss charts the phenomenal rise and terrible fall of Glenn Burke, a gifted athlete who struggled to conceal his sexuality at a time when there was no place for a gay man in the game of baseball.
Lavish Nights and Civil Rights
In Our Secret Society, Tanisha Ford plumbs the inner workings of the Civil Rights Movement through the complicated life of a dazzling socialite named Mollie Moon. Ford will discuss Our Secret Society at the University of Memphis on February 5.
Growing Up Fast
Lola Kirke’s witty, insightful Wild West Village recalls a privileged, dysfunctional childhood and her journey to move past it. Kirke will discuss the book at Urban Cowboy Nashville on January 30.
Safety Without Violence
White Property, Black Trespass by Nashville scholar and activist Andrew Krinks examines mass incarceration and racial hierarchies through a spiritual lens, with a perspective rooted in the belief that “there is life beyond the present order of exploitation, dispossession, and death.”
Soulful Dudes
In Before Elvis, acclaimed writer Preston Lauterbach digs into the deep culture of Black Memphis, finding the origins of the superstar’s music and style.
