Join us for a live performance and recording of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour featuring live music by Brooke Waggoner and live literature from Ariel Lawhon and Julia Claiborne Johnson (both speakers at the Conference for the Book). Hear it on 92.1FM or www.myrebelradio.com. The show is hosted by Jim Dees and our house band, The Yalobushwhackers. Live music. Live literature. Hear Mississippi on the radio.
This edition of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is in partnership with Oxford’s Conference for the Book. More information (including schedules, tickets, and speakers) can be found at www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com.
NOTE: Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is FREE and open to the public.
In the midst of collaborating with and writing for Nashville-based musicians and orchestras, Brooke took time off in 2011 and 2012 to record and tour with Jack White. Licensing deals with prominent TV shows emerged as well, building a credible showcase of Brooke’s artistry and songwriting abilities. For the musician herself though, she is happiest when writing and poring over the keys of her piano. “Writing is thrilling for me. And wherever you are putting your time, there you will see the fruits of your labor,” Brooke says, “Or so I’m hoping.”
Brooke Waggoner will perform on the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour. Live music. Hear Mississippi on the radio.
Ariel Lawhon is co-founder of the popular online book club, She Reads, a novelist, blogger, and life-long reader. She’s the author of THE WIFE THE MAID AND THE MISTRESS (Doubleday, 2014) and the upcoming FLIGHT OF DREAMS (February, 2016). She lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four young sons (aka The Wild Rumpus) and a black lab who is, thankfully, a girl.
A sparkling debut combining the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette.
Reclusive literary legend M. M. “Mimi” Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, but now she’s writing her first book in decades and to ensure timely completion her publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress.
When Alice Whitley arrives she’s put to work as a companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric son, who has the wit of Noël Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth-graders. The longer she spends with the Bannings, the more Alice becomes obsessed with two questions: Who is Frank’s father? And will Mimi ever finish that book?
Full of countless only-in-Hollywood moments, Be Frank With Me is a heartwarming story of a mother and son, and the intrepid young woman who is pulled into their unforgettable world.
“Julia Claiborne Johnson has struck gold in creating Frank Banning—a one-of-a-kind exasperating, witty, and endearing nine-year-old genius who functions as the beating heart of this marvelous book.” —Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members
