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Launching the Curating Tennessee: 1776-2076 Digital Exhibit

Humanities Tennessee’s Shared Futures Lab recently launched the digital exhibit Curating Tennessee: 1776-2076. This culminating exhibit is the capstone project of our yearlong podcast series in honor of America 250.…

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Chapter 16

Hard to Kill

Nov 9, 2026

In Nafissa Thompson-Spires’ debut novel, The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford, a Black Oklahoma bootlegger, long the object of small-town resentment, faces the murderous rage of the women he keeps as wives on his estate.

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