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Dorothy Roberts, a scholar and author perhaps best known for her 1997 book, “Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty,” grew up hearing about her sociologist father’s ...

Patty Callahan Henry, seen here during her appearance at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin in 2025, is the chair of this year’s Snuggle Up with a Book Ball. The event is hosted by the JCPL ...

In the 1950s in a small town in Louisiana, two young girls come of age, bound by losing their mothers in infancy. But, as they mature, the best friends’ paths diverge. Vernice, whose mother died, ...