Three days, eight food trucks, 288 authors, performance stages, downtown vibe, perfect fall weather: BAM! It’s the Southern Festival of Books. Check out the schedule to see the host of terrific authors coming to Nashville October 14-16. Today’s post features my quick…
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David Ewing and Alice Randall bring star power to any gathering – Nashville luminaries much in demand for their wit and intellect, their kindness and sparkle. David is a ninth-generation Nashvillian, an attorney, and one of Nashville’s most knowledgeable local…
It is no small thing to write a book that is the culmination of your life’s work. That’s what my neighbor Andy Spickard has done, and I’m incredibly happy to share it with you today – The Craving Brain: Science,…
On Monday, April 11th, Beverly Cleary turned 100. “She is still her good old self, telling us, for example, that she didn’t turn a hundred on purpose and that she will be celebrating with carrot cake – just the kind of thing you’d expect her…
Roger Moore met me at a local coffeeshop in his signature tweed jacket and pocket square: the stylish professor! He brought his boyish good looks and charm and a copy of his gorgeous new book, ten years in the making, Jane…
Love story, tightly plotted thriller, heartbreak hotel: you’ll be sweating bullets and may shed a few tears while reading Ariel Lawhon’s new novel, Flight of Dreams. Lawhon imagines what might have happened on the final, doomed journey of the Hindenburg before it exploded in May of 1937,…
If the future of Southern cooking were in Nicki’s hands, we could all rest well at night. Just look at how she transports a watermelon, with such loving care… Though she once feared the demise of traditional Southern cooking, Nicki…
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,…