Hannah Carmona discusses her new picture book, Anita and the Dragons, illustrated by Anna Cunha, with Chapter 16.
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When Imagination Takes Flight
Hannah Carmona tells a story of emigration in Anita and the Dragons
Q & A
Place Justice
Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin talks with Chapter 16 about nurturing Black-affirming spaces
Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin is a researcher, cultural worker, and lecturer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she earned a Ph.D. in sociology. As co-host of the Black in Appalachia podcast and the founder of The Bottom, a non-profit community space in Knoxville, she’s working to reclaim space for Black voices and communities.
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Dancing to One’s Own Tune
Author Meg Medina revisits a beloved character
Fans of Meg Medina’s Merci Suárez Changes Gears, winner of the 2019 Newbery Medal, will be thrilled to catch up with the book’s protagonist again in the sequel, Merci Suárez Can’t Dance. Medina will appear at a virtual Salon@615 event hosted by Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 7.
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Whose Hot Chicken Is It Anyway?
A historian weaves the story of Nashville hot chicken with a chronicle of race and real estate
In Rachel Louise Martin’s Hot, Hot Chicken, the story of a beloved Nashville dish is inextricable from the history of redlining and misguided urban renewal initiatives that undermined the city’s Black communities for generations. Martin will appear at a virtual event hosted by The Bookshop in Nashville on April 5.
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Sweet Dreams
In lyrical rhyme, Jessica Young’s I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams celebrates the parent-child bond
Jessica Young’s latest picture book, I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams, celebrates the parent-child bond, while simultaneously honoring children’s need to spread their wings. Young and illustrator Rafael López will celebrate the launch of I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams at a virtual event hosted by Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 9.
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To Wonder, to Marvel, to Be Astonished
Pick a card — or two, or three — for instant inspiration
Artists of all kinds who long for more time and energy to devote to creative pursuits will find much to inspire them in Kickstart Creativity: 50 Prompted Cards to Spark Inspiration, the latest project from Nashville writer and educator Bonnie Smith Whitehouse. She will appear at a virtual event hosted by Parnassus books in Nashville on February 10.
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