Meet Helen Ellis, author of American Housewife: Stories. “I think housewives are powerful and slightly deranged. But so am I,” she told Vogue, laughing. The stories in American Housewife beguile and entrance – and if they sometimes have an Alice in Wonderland…
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I know I promised intel on the four terrific books I’ve been reading about China. I need to pause on that for a moment and instead run a quick and dirty (yet also engaging and informative!) series leading up to…
If you’ve been reading Bacon this week, you might have made your list of What You Want. Today, behind door #2, is your next question: What Do You Want In Your Marriage? The rules are the same this time around: Nobody else’s…
Arne Weingart made quite an impression at his niece Sherrie Gordon Eisenman’s birthday party. “I have vivid and fond memories of Arne singing folk songs at my party in December of 1965. The playroom was full of wall to wall mattresses,…
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…