From the Book - First edition
Hawk. Lizard. Mole. Human --
The flower that came back from the dead --
The eagles of Reelfoot Lake --
The real aliens in our backyard --
Make America graze again --
The misunderstood, maligned rattlesnake --
Making way for monarchs --
The call of the American lotus --
A monument the old south would like to ignore --
The hits keep coming for the red-state poor --
Lies, damn lies, and Georgia --
We're all addicts here --
There is a middle ground on guns --
The passion of Southern Christians --
Christians need a new right-to-life movement --
Shame and salvation in the American South --
Texas isn't the problem --
Going to church with Jimmy Carter --
What is America to me? --
ICE came to take their neighbor. they said no --
Christmas isn't coming to death row --
An act of mercy in Tennessee --
An open letter to white Christians --
Looking our racist history in the eye --
Middle passage to mass incarceration --
In Memphis, journalism can still bring justice --
An open letter to John Lewis --
These kids are done waiting for a change --
America's killer lawns --
More trees, happier people --
I have a cure for the dog days of summer --
The case against doing nothing --
Planting seeds in snow --
The fox in the stroller --
A 150,000-bird orchestra in the sky --
Why I wear five wedding rings --
The gift of shared grief --
Remembrance of recipes past --
All the empty seats at the table --
What is means to be #NashvilleStrong --
The night the lights went out --
The story of the surly Santa and the Christmas miracle --
True love in the age of coronavirus --
Keep America's roadside weird --
Country music as melting pot --
John Prine: American oracle --
So long to Music city's favorite soap opera --
"Beauty Herself Is Back" --
The day the music died --
After war, three chords and the truth --
Proud graduate of state u. --
And play like a girl she did --
What is a southern writer, anyway? --