A Word on Words is back on Nashville Public Television! This one’s a two-fer: talking family, forgiveness, and other themes that resonate through fiction and music, with novelist Ed Tarkington (Only Love Can Break Your Heart) and singer-songwriter Will Hoge.

“This Shop’s Walls Can Talk (In 140 Characters)” There’s enough opportunity for mistaken identity on Twitter to populate a Shakespearean comedy, but it’s still fun. Here’s an essay about creating a bookstore’s voice, for the Washington Post.

A little dark humor up on The Hairpin: The Life-Changing Magic of Spending Money — or, the secret to finding joy in frivolous purchases.

Big thanks to Malaprop’s Bookstore for showing some love for the people of North Carolina who support equality (and literature)! The Authors for Action “Kill the Bill” event in Asheville included authors such as Charles Frazier, Wiley Cash, Mary Laura Philpott, and more.

“It’s Not the Celebrities We Mourn For” – Talking mortality and magical thinking in the opinion pages of The Los Angeles Times.

Thank you to Proximity magazine for nominating the essay “Lobsterman” for the Pushcart Prize!

Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert says: “Penguins with People Problems is a 100% delight.” Get your copy anywhere you buy books! (For autographed copies, order from indie bookstore Parnassus Books.) You can check out a few photos from the book tour here.

Check out the penguins on BuzzFeed! Or in The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, BookPage, Glommable and more…

Festival season never ends! Next up: The Mississippi Book Festival, the Mid-South Book Festival, and the Southern Festival of Books!