Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Writers in the Red

Bidding begins today at online auction Writers for the Red Cross

…Red Cross organization, as well as the Nashville chapter, where Tucker has been a longtime volunteer. The actual writers for the Red Cross include a massive cross-section of the national

Hebrew Lessons

Memphis author Steve Stern spins the tale of a cryogenic rabbi into an exploration of truth, fantasy, tradition, and trial

…Such contradictory guidance is typical of the Boibiczer Prodigy, a fictional character whose paradoxical mantra, “Praise God who permits the forbidden,” recalls the Sabbatean Heresy of redemption through sin. “Stop…

Beautiful Boy

Knoxville television station airs documentary on the life of a young drug addict

…and blogger Katie Allison Granju. Henry Granju was addicted to drugs, and died in May after suffering an overdose. The special airs commercial-free at 7:00 pm in East Tennessee, and…

A Prelinguistic Place

Molly Peacock talks with Chapter 16 about writing, performing, and teaching poetry

…Vanderbilt University on October 7, she answered questions from Chapter 16 via email. Chapter 16: Can you tell us a little about your new book and how that project came…

"Duskdawn"

cashier eats her chicken sandwich. We share      the last of the French fries. The world hums with the ceiling exhaust and we are quiet,      for a bit, listen while we…

Book Excerpt: Kingfisher Days

Each Page a Ghost

…but the walls stand firm. I’m nine. Along the curving path, my naked feet find their way through darkness between two lights. Pebbles are frogs and then not. Screen doors…

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