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Ed Tarkington

Ed Tarkington
Ed Tarkington’s debut novel Only Love Can Break Your Heart was an ABA Indies Introduce selection, an Indie Next pick, a Book of the Month Club Main Selection, and a Southern Independent Booksellers Association bestseller. A regular contributor to Chapter16.org, his articles, essays, and stories have appeared in a variety of publications including the Nashville Scene, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Knoxville News-Sentinel, and Lit Hub. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.


The Troubled Task of Defining Southern Literature in 2021

Ed Tarkington Reckons with a Fraught Literary History
January 22, 2021  By Ed Tarkington
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