The Authors in the Round dinner tonight at War Memorial Auditorium promises not only an intimate evening of delightful conversation with friends but also a chance to meet the author you’re crushing on. It’s a seriously good evening. This…
Hometown heroes make Nashville proud at the Southern Festival this weekend! Don’t miss the chance to support them at their panel discussions or under the tents with the booksellers. Thank you, hometown heroes, for giving us books that sing. Read…
Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies is the book of the moment, a smart and compelling he said/she said that’s a lot closer to The Goldfinch than Gone Girl. Check out “A Bacon Guide to the Big Fall Novels” for a preview. Even…
She was born rignt next door in Kentucky but didn’t have time to get too attached. “Being an army brat,” writes Sarah McCoy, “I didn’t stay in the Bluegrass State long enough to wear a Derby hat or sip the whiskey….
Harrison Scott Key describes his memoir The World’s Largest Man as “a true story about what it’s like to be related to insane people from Mississippi.” “As a boy, the author was partial to sock puppets, calligraphy, and poems tapped…
Rebecca Wells has inspired countless women like my cute mom who all these years later still gets together with her “Ya-Ya” friends (they also call themselves the Go-Go’s). Rebecca herself missed most of the celebration around the success of The…
“As I stared down forty, I realized that this great bright dream of being a novelist was in danger of becoming my single biggest regret. I began writing The Secret Wisdom of the Earth the very next day, with the…
I’m at the beach and Pepper is at a farm near Ashland City for the weekend. It was awkward, but I called. I needed to talk. “How’re you doing Pep?” I asked. “Great!” she said. “This morning I wrestled with…
Serenity Gerbman has the prettiest name in Nashville, and it suits her. I asked her about it recently. “Serenity is my first name and Storme is my middle name,” she told me. “My mother named me Serenity because the big…