Column
Books
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Young Mrs. Dalloway -
December 29, 2005
Novel set on Elba in World War II explores the nature of consciousness -
Raising Journalism to an Art, at Times -
December 29, 2005
A new anthology of music writing offers a few rare gems -
La Vie Neo-Boheme -
December 22, 2005
Vanderbilt professor’s sociology study forms unusually engaging study of urban transformation -
Romeo and Orca -
December 22, 2005
South African novelist writes a strangely lovely tale of obsession -
The Trouble with Agnes -
December 15, 2005
A matriarch finds her way in Robb Forman Dew’s latest -
There Goes the Neighborhood -
December 15, 2005
How racism went suburban—and joined the G.O.P. -
A Natural History of Marriage -
December 8, 2005
Exploring absence and loss as part of the cycle of seasons -
‘Angela’ Deconstructed -
December 1, 2005
Frank McCourt’s teaching memoir reveals a writer’s roots -
Death of a Pastime -
December 1, 2005
A British writer considers the end of fox hunting -
You Are What You Buy? -
November 24, 2005
Hilarious new novel exposes the moral vacuity of consumerism -
On the March With Grant and Sherman -
November 17, 2005
A Northern view of a Southern tragedy -
The Gifts of the Past -
November 10, 2005
In her debut collection, local poet Darnell Arnoult mines a deep vein of memory -
No Place Like Home -
November 10, 2005
Nancy Reisman’s understated saga explores the private emotions behind family drama -
When Better Isn’t Nearly Good Enough -
November 3, 2005
A pioneer of civil rights returns to the past—and to Fisk University -
Bitter Truths -
November 3, 2005
Monica Wood explores the nature of love in lives shaped by deception -
Roll Over, Poor Richard -
October 27, 2005
Celebrating an almanac that contains outrageous inaccuracies, and no weather information at all -
Victorian Passions -
October 20, 2005
Local author’s debut mystery paints a nuanced portrait of 19th century women -
The Mind of a Warrior -
October 20, 2005
What would make an Ivy League classics major volunteer for war? -
Traveler’s deLite -
October 13, 2005
John Berendt delivers a scrupulously low-carb dessert with Midnight in the Garden follow-up -
Something New Under the Sun -
October 13, 2005
Ray Waddle sheds new light on the book of Ecclesiastes -
Jaggedy Families -
September 29, 2005
In tart language, Marisa Silver’s debut novel captures the core mystery of connection -
Beyond Disgrace -
September 22, 2005
It’s time to ask: is J.M. Coetzee killing the novel? -
Losing the Blues -
September 22, 2005
Rediscovered Fisk documents offer new context for Delta music -
It’s a Jungle Up Here -
September 15, 2005
What happens when women discover the glass ceiling doesn’t exist? -
Doomed Transcendence -
September 15, 2005
A new book considers the life and death of Hank Williams -
What Would Johnson Do? -
September 15, 2005
Remembering when faith in politics meant caring for the poor -
Out of the Mouths of Babes -
September 8, 2005
At 15, Christopher Paolini began a fantasy trilogy that’s getting deeper and stronger with each book -
Out of the Rubble -
September 1, 2005
An Arabic-speaking American journalist listens to Iraqis -
Paper Cuts -
September 1, 2005
Salvador Plascencia’s debut novel is an allegory, 21st century-style
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