Bill, Hillary, and The Rest of Our Lives
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I raved about Dietland a couple of weeks ago at Bacon and pressed it upon my friend Grace Awh, who was headed to Vienna and Prague and was looking for a good read on the plane. She called me today with…
Matt Osborne is likely the only person who bought Go Set A Watchman, by Harper Lee, and Dark Days: A Memoir, by Randy Blythe, on the same day. Randy Blythe is frontman for the metal band Lamb of God and…
I have a book to recommend to you – a grown up tale, and true – that has every bit as much cruelty, wonder and suspense as you find in the world of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. “I grew…
It did take Eleanor Brakefield Wells some time to come back home: 34 years, to be precise. She was born in Nashville at Baptist Hospital when her father, Dr. James Brakefield, was a medical intern there. She attended Woodmont Elementary,…
We’ve heard quite a lot about a certain mockingbird lately. Today, Kate Satz reports on a hawk that’s also been flying high. H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald, has received all kinds of critical acclaim since its publication in the UK…
A hard rain came tearing through this afternoon, whipping everything outside into a hot frenzy of wet green. Pepper went crazy, and not with fear. She ran around the sunroom, herself a hot frenzy of black fur, barking at every…
Honestly, I’ve felt a little sad thinking about the release of Go Set a Watchman next Tuesday, July 14th. It seems hard to know if this book was ever meant for the world. But today’s first chapter published in the Wall Street…
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…
And you’re just tired of it, read Dietland, by Sarai Walker, a funny and sharp debut novel that I found electrifying. It’s not always polite. But I can promise that you won’t put it down once you’ve started! This book will make…