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Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
Margaret Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
88 reviews for:
Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
Margaret Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
I first became acquainted with Margaret Renkl when I attended the Southern Festival of Books. I attended a session where she was in conversation with Ann Patchett. At the time, she was the editor of Chapter 16, the phenomenal literary magazine published by Humanities Tennessee. I was thrilled to attend another Southern Festival of Books to hear Margaret discussing her first book [b:Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss|42372550|Late Migrations A Natural History of Love and Loss|Margaret Renkl|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558972731l/42372550._SY75_.jpg|66029332]. I loved that book, and gave it to several friends as gifts. When I saw that she had written another book, I had to read it. It did not disappoint. In fact, I now have several other books that are on my TBR thanks to this book of essays. They are, in no particular order: [b:Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City|1190470|Air Castle of the South WSM and the Making of Music City|Craig Havighurst|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328830877l/1190470._SY75_.jpg|1178498], [b:Lucy Negro, Redux|25602253|Lucy Negro, Redux|Caroline Randall Williams|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1432611493l/25602253._SY75_.jpg|45410796], [b:This Is Happiness|42972008|This Is Happiness|Niall Williams|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557412358l/42972008._SY75_.jpg|66799824], [b:How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution|31374512|How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution|Lee Alan Dugatkin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1475990246l/31374512._SY75_.jpg|52063785], [b:We Shall Overcome: Press Photographs of Nashville During the Civil Rights Era|39651098|We Shall Overcome Press Photographs of Nashville During the Civil Rights Era|Kathryn E. Delmez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524517632l/39651098._SX50_.jpg|61220874], and [b:How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature|40718364|How to Catch a Mole And Find Yourself in Nature|Marc Hamer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539445333l/40718364._SX50_.jpg|63334646]. I also found myself looking up and then following on social media several organizations as diverse as Southerly, The Bitter Southerner, Southern Foodways Alliance, MLK50, and the Equal Justice Initiative. I highly recommend this essay collection--and now I may have to go read it again.
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this was so beautiful, honestly. i’m not from the south so much of this was unfamiliar to me but this made me feel hopeful about the world in a way that i haven’t in a long time. renkl is a really talented essayist
I will forever be a fan of Margaret Renkl. She is a fabulous writer. My fav essays: An American Tragedy, The Passion of Southern Christians, Christians Need a New Right-to-Life Movement, An Open Letter to White Christians, and America’s Killer Lawns.
I enjoyed reading well written articles about the south and the issues we face here but this was a lot to take in at once. I think they'd be better absorbed as originally published as columns.