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"In Praise of Winter Trees"

FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Bill Brown (1948-2023), a prolific poet and beloved teacher, was a native of Dyersburg, Tennessee. This poem from his 2008 collection, Late Winter, originally appeared…

Cracking the Code

FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: In conjunction with Humanities Tennessee’s exhibition tour of Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, Chapter 16 is revisiting coverage of notable books on civil rights and the foundations of…

Building Momentum

FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: This interview originally appeared on February 17, 2010. *** “If you’re fortunate, as I have been, and you the get the opportunity to write a…

"Lighter"

Blas Falconer is an assistant professor at Austin Peay State University, where he serves as the poetry editor of Zone 3 Magazine and Zone 3 Press. Falconer received his M.F.A….

Happiness Is a Sad Song

When he was a child, he was often called “the boy with the hundred year old voice.” At 82, Dr. Ralph Stanley remains younger than the sound of his singing…

Engaging Ontogeny—and Animal Sex

Where do babies come from? It may be a child’s question, but the answer is far from simple, especially if we consider the baby-making processes of the whole animal kingdom,…

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