Lydia Peelle, by her own admission, is a time traveller when she’s writing. In her new novel, The Midnight Cool (Harper), she takes us along with her to the American South of 1917 and the beginnings of World War I.READ MORE
Three new books take the reader from the dividing line of the North and South in the Civil War to the heyday of R&B and American Soul Music (with a stop along the way at Stax in Memphis), to a mix of tales that rely on past technology to tell today’s stories.READ MORE
I’ve been a fan of Paul Auster’s since I picked up a copy of his 2004 novel, The Brooklyn Follies, while perusing the shelves of Bookstar, the long-gone bookseller in Poplar Plaza. In the years since, I’ve delighted in finding Auster’s books by making my way down the “A” shelf until I, hopefully, found something I’d never read. And many of them — Oracle Night, The Red Notebook, The Music of Chance — have been found this way.READ MORE
New releases are a feast for the senses.READ MORE
The Lasting Legacy of Dr. William E. Troutt.READ MORE
Between the covers of these books lies mystery and mayhem.READ MORE
A Memphis institution turns forty.READ MORE
When his son leaves for college, a dad takes time to reflect.READ MORE
From the real to the make-believe, home can be found in a book.READ MORE
The scenic highway in the panhandle of Florida is a well-known destination for Memphians.READ MORE