Margaret Renkl

Margaret Renkl is the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss (Milkweed Editions, 2019) and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South (Milkweed Editions, 2021). Renkl is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, where her essays appear each Monday. A graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.

Renkl's Keynote Address took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at MTSU. A recording of the event, including the introduction by Jennifer Wachtel Kates, appears below.