As someone from the Volunteer state, I took great interest when Tyler Cowen visited Memphis and posted his favorite things Tennessee, including
Author: James Agee, Let us Now Praise Famous Men. Tennessee Williams does not fit, despite his name. There is not much to choose from here.
I would probably second Agee, as I love Death in the Family. But is Tennessee literature so impoverished, especially in comparison to a fairly rich tradition in other states? In the comments to Cowen’s post, I added Nikki Giovanni, and another mentioned Robert Penn Warren. There’s Cormack McCarthy, whom I’ve never read, and a bunch of secondary literary lights I’m sure. What am I missing?
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