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Storytime! Checking in with local children’s book and YA authors

By Katherine Ruppelt

April 1, 2025

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Were you lucky enough to have someone read you bedtime stories when you were young? Did you still remember that one book you read in middle school that made you feel like someone out there completely understood you? Books give kids a special way to learn, explore and think about how they fit into a […]

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Author, Author Interview, authors, Nashville authors

NashVillager Podcast holiday edition: Understanding Nashville through literature

By Cynthia Abrams

December 30, 2024

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Fact or fiction?

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, books, Nashville authors

Why Nashville’s Civil Rights era bombings have never been solved

By Marianna Bacallao

July 16, 2024

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During the Civil Rights era, white supremacists bombed Nashville three times, attacking a school, a Jewish Community Center and the home of civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby. Those bombers were never caught.

Filed Under: History, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Author, Author Interview, authors, betsy phillips, civil rights, civil rights movement, Freddie O'Connell, Nashville authors, Z. Alexander Looby

Life after music: Nashville author talks redemption, reinvention and country music in adult fiction debut

By Marianna Bacallao

April 30, 2024

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Nashville author Jeff Zentner’s new book, Colton Gentry’s Third Act, is out now.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Author, Author Interview, Nashville authors

From the People’s Plaza to the page: Vanderbilt author on the politics behind her new sci-fi novel

By Marianna Bacallao

March 12, 2024

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Micaiah Johnson’s newest book, Those Beyond the Wall, is out today. She will be at Parnassus Books on March 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Author, Author Interview, Nashville authors, People's Plaza Protests

‘Publishing and standing up for yourself’: How Ann Patchett mentored Nashville debut author Lindsay Lynch

By Cynthia Abrams

July 31, 2023

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Ann Patchett isn’t just an award-winning author — she’s also the owner of Parnassus Books. There, she has mentored booksellers who double as emerging writers, like Lindsay Lynch.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Ann Patchett, Author, book buyer, book tour, books, booksellers, Do Tell, Hollywood, interview, Lindsay Lynch, Michigan, Nashville authors, National Humanities Medal, Novel, Novelist, pandemic, Parnassus, Parnassus Books, Tom Lake

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