Author event with Riley Keough

Parnassus Books and Belmont University are thrilled to present an evening with Riley Keough, who will discuss the memoir she wrote with her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, From Here to the Great Unknown.

Sometimes the most famous among us are the least known.

Join actor and producer Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six) for a one-of-a-kind conversation as she pays tribute to her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s incredible memory. Joined by a special guest, Keough will dive into a legendary tale of American royalty, family ties, the highs and lows of fame, love, grief, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter.

Elvis Presley’s only child spent years recording countless hours of riveting, raw, and breathtakingly vulnerable tape for her memoir. After Lisa Marie's passing in 2023, her daughter Riley dedicated her time to fulfilling her mother’s wish to share her words and complete her unfinished work. In FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, Lisa Marie and Riley’s voices join together to tell one breathtaking story.

This ticketed event will take place at Belmont University's Massey Performing Arts Center, 1922 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212, and will start at 6:00 p.m.

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

Tickets:

Each ticket will cost $35.00 and includes a general admission seat and signed copy of From Here to the Great Unknown.

Parking:

Limited free parking is available on Acklen Avenue between the Lila Bunch Library / Gallery of Iconic Guitars & Massey Performing Arts Center. Additional free parking is available in the Curb Events Center Garage at 1520 Bernard Avenue (a 5-7 minute walk to the event)

About the book:

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.

In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir.
A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring, and complicated woman that Riley loved and now grieved.

Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, lay in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them. About getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as she ran toward his body on the floor. About living in Los Angeles with her mother, getting sent to school after school, always kicked out, always in trouble. About her singular, lifelong relationship with Danny Keough, about being married to Michael Jackson, what they had in common. About motherhood. About deep addiction. About ever-present grief. Riley knew she had to fulfill her mother's wish to reveal these memories, incandescent and painful, to the world.

To make her mother known.

This extraordinary book is written in both Lisa Marie's and Riley's voices, a mother and daughter communicating--from this world to the one beyond--as they try to heal each other. Profoundly moving and deeply revealing, From Here to the Great Unknown is a book like no other--the last words of the only child of an American icon.

About the authors:

Lisa Marie Presley was a singer and songwriter who was born in Memphis and raised at Graceland as the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She released three studio albums throughout her music career-- To Whom It May Concern, Now What, and Storm & Grace, the first of which was certified gold. Lisa Marie passed away in January 2023.

Riley Keough is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress. She is known for her work in Daisy Jones & the Six, Zola, and more. She also co-directed War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d'Or for best first feature at Cannes, and cofounded the production company Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell. She is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and sole trustee of Graceland.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Massey Performing Arts Center, 1922 Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, United States