The author of The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany discusses Sarah Palin, J.K. Rowling, the state of modern publishing, and why obits for the death of literature are premature
Those who frequent the Scene’s home page may have noticed that we opened up our choice for Nashvillian of the Year to reader balloting. The Nashvillian who received the most votes was recent Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. But given that Gore has been widely acknowledged for his work, we decided instead to tell the story of one of Nashville’s unsung heroes, whose street level advocacy we find compelling. She is Clemmie Greenlee, and you can read her story here.