Caroline Trost wears a pink wool coat in the winter, a soft flared coat that turns every head in the coffee shop. She has a pretty pink coat and pretty blonde hair and a black and white dog named Roscoe…
J.K. Rowling’s latest is perfect for a May graduate and – as a sidenote – might be just the encouragement you need yourself in a harried month. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination is…
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,…