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Rye Wit

Clay Risen’s American Rye presents a comprehensive guide to a uniquely American spirit. As with his previous books on bourbon and scotch, Risen explains the evolution and making of rye whiskey before offering reviews and tasting notes on 225 contemporary expressions of the spirit.

Rye Wit

Power to Harm and to Heal

In Reorganized Religion, journalist Bob Smietana examines the evolution of America’s Christian institutions.

Power to Harm and to Heal

History in the Making

In Walking Gentry Home, poet Alora Young crafts a family history from the stories passed down through generations.

History in the Making

Fertile Ground for Art

Suzanne Stryk’s The Middle of Somewhere leads us through mosquito clouds and dusty barns, inviting us to witness flow and change, the endangered and the enduring, the gone and the going away.

Fertile Ground for Art

Saving Magic

Megan Giddings’ second novel, The Women Could Fly, employs dystopia and fantasy to examine the most pressing issues that curb women’s autonomy. Giddings will appear at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 14-16.

Saving Magic

What’s Most Sacred

In Over My Dead Body, author Greg Melville leads readers on a fascinating journey through time by means of the burial grounds and death practices of the United States from colonial Jamestown to the present day. Greg Melville will appear at the 2022 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 14-16.

What’s Most Sacred

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