Vanderbilt University Presents: The Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities Tennessee, is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming approximately 150 authors and 25,000 visitors…
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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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Dr. Shawn Pitts, a McNairy County nonprofit leader, folklorist, and former Humanities Tennessee board member, recently received the Governor’s Arts Award for Folklife Heritage. Among the many folklife projects Pitts…
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By turns plaintive and exhilarating, Silas House’s All These Ghosts conjures an attentive, nuanced reckoning with what it means to call a place our home ground. House will discuss All These Ghosts at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
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