FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: TJ Jarrett is a writer and software developer in Nashville. Her debut collection, Ain’t No Grave has just been released from New Issues Press. A second collection, Zion, winner of the Crab Orchard Open Competition 2013, will be published by Southern Illinois University Press in the fall of 2014.
Book Excerpt: Blue If Only I Could Tell You
Richard Tillinghast’s latest poetry collection, Blue If Only I Could Tell You, won the 27th annual White Pine Press Poetry Prize. He’ll read from his work at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 6.
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Book Excerpt: Either Way, You’re Done
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Stephanie McCarley Dugger’s first full-length poetry collection, Either Way, You’re Done, was published by Sundress Publications in 2017.
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Book Excerpt: Him or Her or Whatever
Tyler Friend was grown — and is still growing — in Tennessee and received their MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Friend is the author of a poetry chapbook, BUNKER, and Him or Her or Whatever is their first full-length collection.
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Book Excerpt: Small Fish in High Branches
Nashvillian Annette Sisson’s first book of poetry, Small Fish in High Branches, was released this month by Glass Lyre Press. Her poems have appeared in Birmingham Poetry Review, Nashville Review, and One. Her chapbook, A Casting Off, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2019
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Book Excerpt: The Heart as Framed
The Heart as Framed is Richard Jackson’s 16th book of poetry. Since 1976, he has been teaching at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he directs the Meacham Writers’ Workshop.
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