Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore | Everyman’s Library
One of Nashville’s most revered writers returns with a collection featuring 40 of her short stories, all in one place for the first time. Moore, who teaches at Vanderbilt, is known for her ability to use dark humor to lighten the tragedies so many of her characters face. Her latest collection proves she is the master of the short story. (Available March 3.)
Untamed by Glennon Doyle | The Dial Press
In her latest memoir, the mommy blogger-turned-activist reveals how she quit trying to be good so she could be free instead. The bestselling author of Carry On, Warrior and Love Warrior shares how she found her own voice, learned to create a blended family after leaving her husband for retired pro soccer player Abby Wambach, and is teaching her children to live fully in this world. (Available March 10.)
Privilege by Mary Adkins | Harper
Annie arrives at Carter, “the Harvard of the South,” on a music scholarship determined to fit in to her new environment. Bea, a biracial student from the northeast, still reels from her mother’s death. And Stayja, a “townie,” works at the campus coffee shop. Their lives intersect in this Nashville writer’s latest novel when Annie accuses a popular senior of sexual assault and campus politics heat up. (Available March 10.)
The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith | Harper
Set in Rome and spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters as they reckon with their choices. Prisca is an early Christian child martyr during Marcus Aurelius’ rule. Felix, a medieval monk, must watch the crypts day in and day out. Giulia is a Medici princess looking for a way out of her life, and present-day Tom is caught up in an illicit affair dissolving his marriage. Each must decide what it means to be good and what God will forgive. (Available March 24.)