It’s pretty outside – sure – and we’ve got our own special Sunday, but May is a hot mess for mothers with school-age kids. Coping mechanisms include exercise, an extra glass of wine, and complaining. I’ve tried all three over the…
Author Jacqueline Woodson won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2014 for Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in verse about growing up African American in the 1960s and 70s in South Carolina and New York. If you…
Did you see the interview with Diane Sawyer last night? Check out this Washington Post article for a summary or this Youtube video for 3 minutes of it. I think this counts as a cultural moment as well as a portrait…
I’m changing my plans Friday night based on a poem I just read at chapter16.org called “Bad Dog.” (Don’t worry, Gus – we’ll still have time for wine and vinyl!) But Friday night has to begin at Parnassus at 6:30 with…
Amy Norton is the kind of friend you want to take a long walk with, especially if you’ve got something on your mind. She thinks deeply, speaks kindly, and walks gently in the world. If she’s not working or managing…
You enter The Stone Fox not knowing what to expect. It’s just a local spot, with a bar and some tables and overworked waitresses. There’s an energy in the room, but it’s not all good. You’re waiting for the blood sport…
Kate Satz brings it home in a local, high profile literary contest! She is one of two runners-up in the second annual Nashville Reads Essay Contest, and she and the other winners will be reading from their essays this Sunday,…
Desire takes many forms. Dallas Wilt has a desire to be free. “At the beginning of this academic year,” she says, “I established 2014-15 as the ‘put a bow on it’ year. My goals were to finish what I had…
This may be bloodier than Game of Thrones. I’m going but expecting the worst. Please join me tomorrow night for an evening that may horrify and/or delight! Other cities enjoying the Literary Death Match in April and May include Austin, Los Angeles,…