Editor's Note
The authors for the 2024 TN Writers | TN Stories event series have been announced, and it’s another stellar lineup this year. The series will kick off on April 12 with Keith B. Wood discussing his book The Memphis Red Sox and it will wrap up in October with Kevin Wilson and his forthcoming novel, Run for the Hills. The roster also includes John P. Williams (Montgomery Bell: Tennessee Frontier Capitalist), Charlie Peacock (Roots and Rhythm: A Life in Music), Jennifer C. Core and Janet S. Hasson (Tennessee Samplers: Female Education and Domestic Arts, 1800-1900), and Serina Gilbert (From the Fiery Furnace to the Promise Land). All the events are held at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville and are free and open to the public.
The Meacham Writers’ Workshop will mark its 40th anniversary with this year’s spring conference, held March 19-22 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Visiting writers include Earl Braggs, Richard Jackson, Pam Uschuk, Sybil Baker, and Danielle Hanson. The conference is free and open to all. See details at the UTC website.
A belated shout-out to The Beat, the Knox County Public Library’s poetry podcast. They’ve been featuring their own stellar lineup of poets for several years and recently hosted Cave Canem co-founder Cornelius Eady. Give them a listen.
Today at Chapter 16, Hamilton Cain reviews Code Name: Pale Horse, Scott Payne’s memoir of his years infiltrating white supremacist groups for the FBI. Last week, we revisited Sara Beth West’s view of Paper Bullets by Jeffrey Jackson and featured a poem from Claudia Emerson’s posthumous collection, Ungrafted. Joy Ramirez reviewed If You Were My Daughter, a new memoir by children’s author Marianne Richmond, and Bianca Sass reviewed Florence, the debut poetry collection by Bess Cooley.
News Roundup
- Frye Gaillard, Joy Harjo, and Ace Atkins were inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.
- Stephanie Pruitt was featured in Forbes.
- Percival Everett’s James is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize for Fiction.
- Aram Goudsouzian is featured in the HBO documentary series Celtics City.
