Lindsey A. Freeman’s unconventional memoir recreates childhood in Atomic City
"THIS ATOM BOMB IN ME" by Lindsey A. Freeman (Stanford University Press, 136 pages, $18).

"THIS ATOM BOMB IN ME" by Lindsey A. Freeman (Stanford University Press, 136 pages, $18).

Don't be fooled by the title or the sunny yellow cover of Erin McGraw's new story collection, "Joy: And 52 Other Very Short Stories" (Counterpoint, 224 pages, $24).

"Copyboy," the new middle-grade novel by Vince Vawter, a Memphis native who now lives in Knoxville (and previously served as managing editor of the Knoxville News-Sentinel), is a sequel worthy of its exceptional predecessor.

In her new book, "Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water and Loving the Bible Again," Evans attempts to reconcile the religious instruction she received as a child with the reality of life outside her faith community.
