Graceland, at last notes on hope and heartache from the American South

For the last four years Renkl's writing has offered readers of the New York Times a weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. This collection of her essays provide a patchwork quilt of the complexities of her homeland, demonstrating along the way h...

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Main Author: Renkl, Margaret (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:For the last four years Renkl's writing has offered readers of the New York Times a weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. This collection of her essays provide a patchwork quilt of the complexities of her homeland, demonstrating along the way how much more there is to this tangled region than many people understand. As she highlights people who are fighting for a better future of the region, Renkl's book is full of gifts for Southerners and non-Southerners alike. -- adapted from jacket
Physical Description:291 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781571311849
157131184X
Author Notes:Margaret Renkl is the author of Graceland, At Last and Late Migrations , which was a Read with Jenna/ TODAY Show book club selection. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times , where her essays appear weekly. Her work has also appeared in Guernica , Literary Hub , Proximity , and River Teeth , among others. She was the founding editor of Chapter 16, the daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She lives in Nashville.