Arts Beat: A music-centric Memphis reading list

Elle Perry By , Daily Memphian
Updated: July 17, 2025 3:48 PM CT | Published: July 11, 2025 9:29 AM CT Premium

Each month, The Daily Memphian offers local booksellers and book event hosts a chance to recommend four books to Arts Beat subscribers. 

The books can be fiction or nonfiction, but they should be recently published and have ties to Memphis.

For July, your book recommendations come from Jim Thompson, board chair of the Memphis Listening Lab.

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Elle Perry

Elle Perry

A native Memphian, Elle Perry has earned graduate degrees from the University of Memphis and Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s written for publications including the Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.


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