John Cheadle is about the cutest grandparent ever. He will happily keep you up to date on Mary Walton’s latest accomplishment (such as celebrating her first birthday) and is likely to post a selfie with her on Facebook. For a…
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It’s crazy when the book you didn’t really want to read becomes the book you can’t stop talking about. Adam Haslett’s Imagine Me Gone may be one of the most beautiful, wrenching novels about a family you’ll read this year,…
Mary Walton Jarman hasn’t let the election get her down. It helps that she’s 13 months old! Today, she shares some reading recs for the under-2 set – and some profound wisdom for the rest of us. Thanks to mom…
Presidential historian Jon Meacham and his wife Keith have been paying close attention to the election. Like the rest of us! (Unless you’ve had to avert your eyes at this point.) Keith answers a few questions for Bacon today, and you’ll…
The author arrived at Starbucks right on time. I recognized her immediately from the photo as she walked across the parking lot. She was taller than I’d expected, but the long, dark hair and friendly smile were familiar. She wore her…
Matt Osborne is an American original, a Southern intellectual and anti-intellectual who practices law by day and fights crime by night. In his cape. All tatted up. Cue soundtrack: Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones). I’m kidding about a few of those…
As the days grow short and mornings chill and those last knockout roses cling sadly to summer, it seems the time to share this unsettling little poem by T.S. Eliot. Song When we came home across the hill No…
You can always count on Laura Cooper to elevate the Bacon conversation! Today, she thinks about the South, our “Garden and Gun moment” in national culture – and Marcel Proust. From Laura: Last week, Nashville hosted Bonnaroo for book lovers (otherwise known…
I brought home two new books and three great truths from the Southern Festival of Books. More on the books later. On the truths: these aren’t showstopper truths or brand new truths. They are humble and quiet; you’ve met them…