A Special Conversation on the Future of the Humanities In a time when headlines demand our constant attention, it’s easy to overlook something quietly foundational to our democracy: the Humanities.…
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The Southern Festival of Books will return for its 37th year on October 18-19, 2025, thanks to resounding community support, new donations, and an expanded partnership with Vanderbilt University as presenting partner.
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Humanities Tennessee (HT) today announced the winners of the 2025 Tennessee Book Awards. They are: Vic Sizemore (Maryville) in fiction for God of River Mud; Jared Sullivan (Franklin) in non-fiction…
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“Had I changed us, made us friends, would I have turned his fate?” asks Leah Gavin, the narrator of Sheri Joseph’s novel Angels at the Gate. Loosely based on the author’s time at the University of the South in the 1980s, Joseph says the story is “about the thrill of creating oneself in youth and the paths taken and not taken that lead to regret.”
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