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Today, friend of Bacon Laura Cooper takes on on a book that’s received a tremendous amount of attention lately, A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara. She’s not as enchanted as some, and I can see why. From Laura: Who doesn’t love book prizes?…
Everything I know about pioneers I learned from Little House on the Prairie. Or at least everything I remember. The Little House series and the show mix and mingle in my mind, leaving a deep impression of pioneer struggles (the grasshoppers!),…
Dear Readers: Please help me out! I’d love to feature some of your favorite books of the year in a “Bacon Holiday Gift Guide” post in early December! If interested, please send a few sentences about the best book you read this…
Jon Meacham is all over the news with his latest blockbuster biography, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. He’s good with an interviewer and a crowd – both a scholar and an extrovert – who…
Pepper and I often putter around the yard these days, crunching the dry brown leaves. I throw a frisbee and she sometimes bothers to catch it. Often she is more interested in the local wildlife – especially the squirrels. Peppy…
Jennifer Frist and Kate Ezell bring high octane glamour and intellect to this year’s Literary Award Gala on November 14th supporting the Nashville Public Library Foundation and honoring local luminary Jon Meacham. You know what I’m talking about! Each of these ladies…
Generosity of spirit is one of the best things you can find in another person; though it’s hard to define precisely, you know it when you see it. It’s not naïve – but it is kind, and always looks for…
Throw out the pumpkin before it turns black; make way for the turkey and relatives! It’s time to start thinking about cards. And Santa. Trees and menorahs and gifts for the neighbors. Even if you’ve reined in perfectionist tendencies and…
Sometimes a book finds its way to you – or you to it – and unexpectedly your heart is so wrenched and stretched that you aren’t even exactly the same person at the end. (Yes, shades of The Grinch. The good doctor was…