AltWeeklies Wire
Stephen Mansfield on What Obama Believes About Godnew

The Nashville evangelical talks about The Faith of Barack Obama, conservatives, and getting death threats.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-22-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
James Collins, the New Jane Austennew
Beginner's Greek is a romantic comedy, and as such it rewards virtue and punishes evil, ultimately smiling on Peter and providing this transcendent good guy with a tidy resolution that is satisfying, if not entirely surprising.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
04-28-2008 |
Fiction
Won't You Be My Neighbor?new
Vanderbilt professor believes the Golden Rule is more than just a commandment.
Nashville Scene |
Paul V. Griffith |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Beyond Heavy Breathing and Heaving Breastsnew
A novelist discusses her plan for making history come alive.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
02-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Goin' Down to Georgianew
Susan Gregg Gilmore's debut novel keeps the small-town spirit alive.
Nashville Scene |
Claire Suddath |
02-11-2008 |
Fiction
Murder He Wrotenew
Nashville judge pens historical fiction based on true-crime 1913 murder.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
02-11-2008 |
Fiction
When 'Music Biz' Was an Oxymoronnew
This new book chronicles the transformation of Nashville into Music City.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
12-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: A Shot in the Dark, Martin Hawkins
Literary Hideawaynew
Legendary New York editor Gary Fisketjon searches for the Great American Novel -- from a farmhouse in Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
Clay Risen |
12-11-2006 |
Books
The Literary Patriotnew
Southern scribe John Egerton's new work imagines a grim future for America.
Nashville Scene |
Maria Browning |
08-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Everybody Knew His Namenew
A journalist recounts the Long Island corner bar where he grew up.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
07-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar
Seeing Things From the Under Sidenew
This annotated collection of columnist Don Marquis' columns feature Archy, a snarky existentialist cockroach, and Mehitabel, a cat with delusions of grandeur.
Nashville Scene |
Maria Browning |
07-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Oceanic Griefnew
Even life on a sailboat can't offer escape from mourning in Ansay's new novel.
Nashville Scene |
Fernando Moore |
06-21-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: A. Manette Ansay, Blue Water
Longshot Miraclesnew
Arnoult survived teen pregnancy, ADHD, Internet dating and a house fire -- and still published two acclaimed books in the last six months.
Nashville Scene |
Maria Browning |
06-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darnell Arnoult, Sufficient Grace
In Murky Watersnew
Intrigue and adventure abound in the tale of the Rebel ship Shenandoah, the Confederate raider that sailed around the world.
Nashville Scene |
Clay Risen |
02-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sea of Gray, Tom Chaffin
The Un-Lovely Bonesnew
This British novel is an original take on the usual tale told by an endangered child.
Nashville Scene |
Fernanda Moore |
02-02-2006 |
Fiction