Three Appalachian women tell their stories in Voices Worth the Listening
…As the interview ends, she is unsure what will happen. “I hope it’ll all work out. We’ll see.” The second woman, also white, was born in 1968 to “strict Southern…
A Nashville journalist maps a Syrian-American restaurateur’s moving journey to Hendersonville
…finds when he arrives in the United States. Photo: Samantha Hearn In Syria, Riyad Alkasem was a brilliant student whose legal knowledge and prowess were so advanced that he was…
The 2020 Southern Festival of Books takes its stellar roster of authors online
…the Festival has transitioned to a virtual format to preserve the health and safety of attendees, authors, volunteers, and partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The online format brings the Festival…
Comic artist Gene Luen Yang talks with Chapter 16 about getting graphic in school
…nerd, but it’s also a story about empathy and understanding. What inspired this idea? Yang: Gordon meets the alien when the alien’s spaceship gets stuck in his nose. That was…
Appalachian storytellers take center stage in Foxfire Story
…to avoid contact could be lifted from the present day. But medical aid for rural folk was minimal at the time, and the illness hit more swiftly and brutally than…
In Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Wanting Radiance, a daughter searches for her own buried origins
…voice. However, McElmurray also includes shorter chapters written in lyrical third person. These chapters detail several characters’ experiences, but primarily Ruby’s. Her sections offer graceful insight into her origins and…
