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    Ann Patchett, Award-winning American author of fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and owner of the Nashville bookstore Parnassus Books. Her acclaimed books include Bel Canto, Tom Lake, The Dutch House, and her recent novel Whistler

    September 23, 2026

    “We overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we’re not seeing it as the people we were, we’re seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered.”