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Lark Ascending - Silas House

A WORD ON WORDS, Nashville Public Television’s Emmy Award-winning reboot of its classic series, is a collection of three-minute interviews about books and other literary topics. Filmed in locations around Middle Tennessee, the series continues a tradition established by legendary journalist John Seigenthaler for more than 40 years.

Lark Ascending - Silas House

Season 8 Episode 6 | 12m 44s | CC

“There's necessary violence and necessary darkness. I'm aiming for that hope and that light. To make the reader properly appreciate that hope and light, and crave it, I gotta take them through darkness.” In LARK ASCENDING, Silas House imagines a future that shows the inhumanity and misery this age is in danger of reaching.

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