Jeremy Lloyd, an educator at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, writes about the many forms of sustenance to be found in the natural world in Forest Time: Footnotes to an Outdoor Education. Lloyd will appear at Tree Fest Knoxville on April 24, Flock Beer & Wine in Knoxville on April 28, and Neighborly Books in Maryville on May 6.
It was one of those perfect bluebird, big-sky Montana days. There was no wind. The temperature was warming, and the scent of sage was in the air. The river was big. I didn’t even know that streams that big and fast held trout. I was in a state of wonderment, and the river seemed mysterious, but in a good way. I was ready to begin solving the mystery.
David Dark’s Everyday Apocalypse finds revelation — and possibilities for challenging empire — in many layers of human experience and expression. David Dark will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on October 27 and Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 5.
In October 2017, former U.S. poet laureate Charles Wright, a Tennessee native who grew up in Kingsport, paid a visit to East Tennessee State University for an interview and public reading. His lively conversation with fellow poet Jesse Graves was recorded and transcribed, and Chapter 16 is publishing it for the first time in honor of Wright’s 90th birthday.
From the Fiery Furnace to the Promise Land by Serina K. Gilbert and Learotha Williams Jr. chronicles the history of an extraordinary Tennessee community through the stories of its formerly enslaved founders and their descendants. The authors will discuss the book at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville on September 13.
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: When he died in January 2022, historian John Rice Irwin was described as the “guardian of Appalachia’s past.” In a 2008 interview, he talked with poet Jesse Graves about his family and his life’s work.
