Erica Wright’s latest novel features real and metaphorical serpents
Hollow Bones, a new novel by Erica Wright, explores religious trauma, small-town life, and how fear can manipulate us. Wright will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on August 8, The Arts Building in Chattanooga on August 17, and the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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James Seay’s essay collection reflects on mortality, literature, and the natural world
James Seay takes readers to Mississippi, Moscow, and many places in between in his latest book, a reflective and tender essay collection titled Come! Come! Where? Where?
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George Singleton brings his gift for storytelling to the essays in Asides
In the introduction to his essay collection, Asides, George Singleton writes, “There happen to be some great essayists. I don’t count myself in this group.” Readers who dive into this lovely slim book full of dogs, writing advice, and summer jobs will disagree.
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David Wesley Williams pens a post-apocalyptic vision of the Volunteer State
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: David Wesley Williams takes readers on a post-apocalyptic journey from Nashville to Memphis in his latest novel, the rambunctious and rollicking Everybody Knows. Williams will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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George Singleton’s stories sneak up on you
George Singleton’s The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs shows the storyteller in top form. Singleton will appear at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist
Chris Offutt talks with Chapter 16 about the love that goes into his rural noir thrillers.
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