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Letters of James Agee to Father Flye

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye

James Agee

Melville House
240 pages
$12.00

“The intimate letters, collected by Father Flye after Agee’s death, form the most intimate portrait of Agee available, a starkly revealing account of the internal and external life of a tortured twentieth-century genius. Agee candidly shares his struggles with depression, professional failure, and a tumultuous personal life that included three wives and four children.”

–From the publisher

A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen: Adventures in Cooking, Eating, and Living in the New South

A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen: Adventures in Cooking, Eating, and Living in the New South

A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen: Adventures in Cooking, Eating, and Living in the New South

Matt Moore

Oxmoor House
288 pages
$32.00

“Today, in addition to being chivalrous, honest, and generous, a Southern gentleman is socially connected, well-traveled, and has an appetite for life. In this part-cookbook and part-guidebook, Matt Moore embraces a fresh perspective on what it means to cook, eat, and live as a true Southern Gentleman in the 21st century.”

–From the publisher

Let Them Eat Moonpie

Let Them Eat Moonpie

Let Them Eat Moonpie

Bill Abbott

Chatter House Press
192 pages
$19.99

“Part history, part memoir, part Southern study, part yearbook, this book collects the stories of the teams and poets who were involved in the most coherent regional scene in America.”

–From the publisher

Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

By Lawrence Wright

Knopf
368 pages
$27.95

“In Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright details the behind-the-scenes action, where personalities mattered more than facts, and the religious traditions of three great faiths that propelled the participants through an elaborate, cliffhanging dance.”

Chris Scott’s review for Chapter 16

Running Out of Truth

April 14, 2015 What Comes Next and How to Like It, Abigail Thomas’s newest memoir, both exemplifies and transcends its genre as Thomas meditates on what it means to edit life down to essentials: love, forgiveness, pleasure, and letting go. Thomas will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 21, 2015, at 6:30 p.m

Shake It Off

April 8, 2015Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed examines the consequences—intended and otherwise—of public shaming via the Internet. The book features interviews with otherwise ordinary people made infamous by relatively harmless missteps gone viral. Ronson will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 14, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

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