Upstart Crow

In this episode of  Upstart Crow , host Jennifer Disano interviews Dr. Joseph M. Thompson, historian at Mississippi State University and author of the book  Cold War Country: How Nashville's Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism . Thompson dives into the intricate ties between Nashville's country music industry and the U.S. military, revealing how Music Row...

"The responsibility we have as novelists is to not be colonizers of another life, but we are to instead, live that other life . " - Jessica Anthony The Most by writer Jessica Anthony lives up to its title—it takes place in a day but it is about all the days that have gone before in the lives of Kathleen and Virgil, and all that they have done wrong, dramatized in a slim, perfect novel. Long listed...

“Couldn’t you see Ben Franklin using noise-cancelling headphones and a MacBook Air Pro?” - Eric Weiner Is that a big stretch or not so much? While Ben was one of the United States’ founders and earliest statesmen and diplomats, he also was a scientist—remember his experiment with the kite and key?—and a writer— Poor Richard’s Almanac , remember that? But what else did he do? A lot, as it turns out...