We’re taking our regular summer break at Chapter 16, but be sure to check in on July 20 for an update about this fall’s Southern Festival of Books.
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We’re on Vacation
Chapter 16 will return on July 31
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Looking Back on 50 Years of Tennessee Books
50 Books/ HT50, Part One: 1973-1978
As Humanities Tennessee celebrates its 50th birthday this year, we’re marking the occasion by highlighting 50 notable Tennessee books that have appeared over the past five decades.
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Heartbreak and Betrayal
J.T. Ellison pens a deeply personal, compelling thriller with It’s One of Us
Family secrets and murder test a couple’s faith in each other in J.T. Ellison’s most personal, emotion-laden novel to date. The author will discuss It’s One of Us at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 20.
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UPDATE: Announcing the Humanities Tennessee Fellowship in Criticism
Award for writers from marginalized communities names first recipient
Humanities Tennessee launches a new initiative for aspiring critics and culture writers, awarding its first fellowship in criticism to Kashif Andrew Graham.
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The First Novel
The Hero of This Book ponders the story of a mother and daughter
Elizabeth McCracken’s new novel, The Hero of This Book, offers a dazzling, prismatic story of an author reflecting on her mother and her writing. McCracken will discuss the book with Ann Patchett at Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 10.
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Less than Total Recall
Julian R. Vaca revisits the 80s in an alternate universe plagued by lost memory
The Memory Index, the first book in a series by debut author Julian R. Vaca, explores an alternate 1987, where a disease has ravaged human memories and people rely on technology to preserve a sense of self. Vaca will discuss the book at North Wind Manor in Antioch on August 13.
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