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Matthew Cheney believes Science Fiction is writing about the future, while Horror is writing about what is happening right now. His stories are an unflinching examination of society. The characters are real. Some are full of tenderness. Some are v...

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Like no other music history, It Came From Memphis dishes its tuneful tale with a full context of social issues. From institutional racism to cowboy movies, from manic disc jockeys to Quaalude motorcycle gangs, this story is as unvarnished a histor...

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"Stucky's verse has the power of the best East European poets--some of his poems seem to be perfect, magnificent, and instantly anthologizable. He is a forceful, cogent, incisive phrase-maker."--Bill Knott "The yearning in these poe...

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"[A] provocative reinterpretation of poetry's function...Here is devastating meta-poetry for the board game--playing, smartphone-scrolling masses, both accessible and enlightened."--Publisher's Weekly I am of my times and you screengrab ...

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Described by some as "erotica for feminists," and "enemy to family values," DeColo's poems convulse with desire and a longing for connection. Her work speaks to the particular loneliness of watching Fox News after you've mastur...

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"Salaam treats words like the seductive weapons they are. She wields them to weave fierce, gorgeous stories that stroke your sensibilities, challenge your preconceptions and leave you breathless with their beauty."--Nalo Hopkinson, Autho...

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ACKNOWLEDGE: An Anthology of Selected Poems from The Contributor collects poems from the seven years that The Contributors' poetry section has published. The poems present human perspectives on homelessness and daily life in the words of those mos...

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TOTAL CHAOS is the first book telling Iggy Pop's story of The Stooges from his own words. Grammy winning editor and avid music historian Jeff Gold spent two days at the rock legend's home sharing pictures and memorabilia from his collection. Featu...

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Life is a Rip Off is a collection of record reviews by John "Inzane" Olson aka American Tapes aka 1/3 of the band Wolf Eyes. How does the disturbing-on-many-levels movie Human Centipede compare to the broken blues of Big Bill Broonzy? Re...

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Being of African American, Native American, and white descent, erica lewis' poems recount her friends and family's--especially the women's--complex history with race, gender, and class in America, what it means to live with your own history, and h...

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The Magic of We encourages and challenges the imagination of children. It is a poem that tells the story of two people finding one another. The Magic of We is author Danielle Anderson-Craig's tribute to her long time partner, Grammy winning musici...

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* Over 100,000 copies of Blue Series 7" vinyl singles have been sold with digital streams and downloads combined actual consumption is over 1 million * Artists include best sellers such as Beck, Dwight Yoakam, Kate Pierson (B52s), Gibby Hayne...

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"Possibly the greatest-ever song about childhood BFFs." - Entertainment Weekly "We're Going to be Friends" is one of The White Stripes most enduring and loved songs. With the help of illustrator Elinor Blake, the perennial favo...

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Some say Abraham Smith's live readings are the best in America, except it's more accurate to say he howls rather than reads. So, better to call his readings hollerings, which often times might take place next to a tree. Listen to his howl via the ...

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"Part lyrical narrative, part bluesy riff, part schoolyard chant and part holy incantation" - New York Times Lucy Negro, Redux, uses the lens of Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" sonnets to explore the way questions about and desire fo...

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Ascend Ascend was written over the course of twenty days, coming in and out of trance states brought on by intermittent fasting and somatic rituals while secluded in the tower of a 100-year-old church. It is rooted in the jewish mystical tradition...

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Jesus Crawdad Death is the third publication in Third Man Books limited edition chapbook series. Betsy Phillips's collection features three speculative fiction stories spanning Jesus as a professional wrestler; the romance between a woman and her ...

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A heartfelt children's tale describing the beauty of friendship. Includes unreleased music from musician and producer Ikey Owens (Mars Volta, Jack White). "Read The Magic of We, and your heart will expand with joy." - Juan Alderete de la...

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The stories collected in Nine Bar Blues weave emotion, spirit, and music, captivating readers with newfound alchemy and the murmurs of dark gods. Rooted in rhythm, threaded with magic, these tales encompass worlds that begin in river bottoms, pass...

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Haviland N.G. Whiting was named the 2018 Nashville Youth Poet Laureate. And What Would You Say If You Could? Is her debut collection of poems. Confronting issues of race, gender, and history, Whiting's is a powerful new, young voice.

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CAR MA is artist and musician Alison Mosshart's first printed collection of paintings, photographs, short stories, and poetry. It is a book about cars, rock n' roll, and love. It's a book about America, performance, and life on the road. It's a bo...

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The stories collected in Nine Bar Blues weave emotion, spirit, and music, captivating readers with newfound alchemy and the murmurs of dark gods. Rooted in rhythm, threaded with magic, these tales encompass worlds that begin in river bottoms, pass...

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"e;Possibly the greatest-ever song about childhood BFFs."e; - Entertainment Weekly "e;We're Going to be Friends"e; is one of The White Stripes most enduring and loved songs. With the help of illustrator Elinor Blake, the perennial ...

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Salaam treats words like the seductive weapons they are. She wields them to weave fierce, gorgeous stories that stroke your sensibilities, challenge your preconceptions and leave you breathless with their beauty.Nalo Hopkinson, Author of the Nebul...

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"e;Part lyrical narrative, part bluesy riff, part schoolyard chant and part holy incantation"e; - New York TimesLucy Negro, Redux, uses the lens of Shakespeare's "e;Dark Lady"e; sonnets to explore the way questions about and desire...

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Ascend Ascend was written over the course of twenty days, coming in and out of trance states brought on by intermittent fasting and somatic rituals while secluded in the tower of a 100-year-old church. It is rooted in the jewish mystical tradition...

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Nashville has three unsolved integration-era bombings: Hattie Cotton Elementary School on September 10, 1957, the Jewish Community Center on March 16, 1958, and the home of Civil Rights attorney and Nashville city councilmember, Z. Alexander Looby...

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Take an adventure with Manny, Third Man's storefront mascot, as he hangs out in our shop, takes in a show on Record Store Day, visits outer space, third man books' bookshelves, the Third Man stores in Nashville and Detroit, Third Man's photography...

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Trouble the Waters gathers the tidal force of bestselling, renowned writers from Lagos to New Orleans, Memphis to Copenhagen, Northern Ireland and London, offering extraordinary speculative fiction tales of ancient waters in all its myriad forms. ...

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