Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and the Universal Traits of American Iconography
How a new book about the world’s reigning pop artist accidentally makes a case for the appeal of the once and future president.
The Southern Origins of Eggnog
The Christmas staple is a uniquely American libation that grounds the holiday season in tradition
Witchy Mayor Wheaton and Her Coven Make Historical Changes to Christmas Parade That Suppress Religious Speech. Community Organizes a Competing Event
A follow-up on Saturday’s Cookeville Christmas Parade
Forget Pride Floats: Cookeville Mayor Endorses Self-Proclaimed Witches to Steer City’s Christmas Parade
A follow-up to Mayor Wheaton's assault on Christmas
Forget Pride Floats: Cookeville Mayor Endorses Self-Proclaimed Witches to Steer City’s Christmas Parade
A follow-up to Mayor Wheaton's assault on Christmas
Cookeville Mayor Caves to Activist Pressure
How a small-time politician’s Christmas parade takeover betrayed the values of her constituents
Footman Phil Strikes Again
NewsChannel 5's Phil Williams finds his latest bogeyman almost two hours from town via a podcast
First Look: Mario Cuomo’s “Leftovers” Music Video
Jay Curtis Miller has spent the last 14 months reliving Halloween. The Nashville-based filmmaker and music video director is currently finis
Ho Ho Hi-ya
10th-degree black belt and Santa Claus Steve Cooper talks health, martial arts, and side work
Dr. Epiphone Does It All
Nashville's Will Jones lives guitars and everything else
The Pamphleteer’s Southern Festival of Books Preview
For over four decades, the Southern Festival of Books has brought authors of international renown to Music City and provided a forum for loc
The Presleys’ Unfinished Lives
Riley Keough never lived in the South, but her Nashville book tour stop revealed the region’s role in preserving her family legacy and dealing with her grief in the public eye.
Barnes and Noble Is Back
Retro Minimalism is the Future
A Beating Heart in Music City
Musician Kenny Wayne Jr. talks about making art as a service to his community
On Stoicism And New Southern Optimism
An essay by Walker Percy in 1959 can tells us something about the South today