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Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert
Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert
February 12, 2016
Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her book, Big Magic, as part of the Salon@615 author series.
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Building Music City: The Foster & Creighton Company
Building Music City: The Foster & Creighton Company
May 31, 2025
Do the names "Foster & Creighton" ring a bell? Especially when said together like that?If not, maybe these do: the Parthenon, the Sparkman Street Bridge…
Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King
Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King
May 2, 2016
First, I should say that I know this book isn’t new. It came out in 1987 when I was a delicate three-year-old child, who had not quite gotten to chapter books just yet. Misery is a…
To Sever or Not To Sever
To Sever or Not To Sever
May 18, 2025
The puzzle-box show that took the country by storm wrapped its second season in March 2025. Severance is…
PTSD Awareness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
June 11, 2016
June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness month, and the Special Collections Division has numerous veterans' stories which discuss this issue…
Nashville Rising: Our Story of the 2010 Flood
Nashville Rising: Our Story of the 2010 Flood
May 1, 2016
During May 1-2, 2010, Nashville received more than 13 inches of rainfall, forcing the Cumberland River, and several others, over their banks…
Memoirs With a Little Something Extra
Memoirs With a Little Something Extra
May 19, 2025
These three memoirs (and three of my favorite books of the year!) pair personal reflection with a) feral cats, b) Virginia Woolf, and c) technology reporting…
Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Girl With All the Gifts
Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Girl With All the Gifts
May 11, 2015
Introducing Melanie, the smartest of a group of children being taught in an underground facility. They have a variety of teachers, some cold and calculating, others loving and…
Addiction, Fire, and Prison Life - A Book Review of Fellside by M.R. Carey
Addiction, Fire, and Prison Life - A Book Review of Fellside by M.R. Carey
May 8, 2016
Having read The Girl with All the Gifts, I was really excited to pick up the second book under Mike Carey’s new pen name. Mike Carey is very well-known in the…
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
May 5, 2016
If you liked Devil in the White City…
At last! This nonfiction…
The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy, of Punch and Judy
The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy, of Punch and Judy
May 23, 2016
We've all seen some of the amazing puppet shows that Wishing Chair Productions has put on, and therefore, we've seen the diverse collection of puppets that they have. But there is one…
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