Editor’s Notes

When you visit Chapter 16 today, you’ll find that we’ve had a bit of a glow up. Here are a few words from Serenity Gerbman, director of literature and language programs at Humanities Tennessee, about our new site design: We launched Chapter 16 way back in 2009 on a shoestring budget, and we are forever indebted to artist Billy Renkl for creating…

Last week we mentioned forthcoming spring books, and this week it’s bookish spring gatherings. Appalachian WordFest (formerly the Rose Glen Literary Festival) will take place at the Sevierville Convention Center on March 1. Presenters will include Mike Maden, Robert Beatty, and The Smoking Guns (Sisters in Crime). Plenty Book Shop in Cookeville is hosting Wine and Words Book…

As this newsletter is being composed, Middle Tennessee is experiencing its first real snow of the winter, and your Chapter 16 editor can hear children outside making the most of this rare sledding opportunity. In times of joy as well as times of trouble and loss, there’s something about gently falling snow that brings a sense of…