Not long ago, on a summer day made for a hammock, a cold drink, and a good book, I found myself standing over a hot stove in my small kitchen,…
Small Batch, Big Taste
Kevin West talks with Chapter 16 about the pleasures of home preserving
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagements, a diamond isn’t necessarily forever
“I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh / I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies.” So begins one of the alt-pop radio singles of the summer,…
Another Blank Page, Another New Season
A struggling gardener considers what writing shares with cultivating the soil
…water. I hold it up to the light. Will it do the trick? Only one way to find out. Susannah Felts will read from her work on June 4, 2013,…
The Way He Works
David Macaulay talks with Chapter 16 about a career built on curiosity
Twenty-five years ago and long B.G. (before Google), illustrator and writer David Macaulay published his groundbreaking book, The Way Things Work, now a classic of children’s nonfiction. There had truly…
Found in Translation
Jennifer Uman discovered the story for her first children’s book through a language she doesn’t speak
While many illustrated children’s books are collaborative efforts, few involve an international partnership quite like the one that resulted in Jemmy Button, a beautiful new work by Nashville-based illustrator Jennifer…
Paradise Lost
Novelist Lauren Groff talks with Chapter 16 about her acclaimed novel Arcadia
Included on countless “best of” lists in 2012, Lauren Groff’s gorgeous second novel, Arcadia, is a loving and lyrical story of the rise and fall of a commune from the…
