Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

After the Breakup

NYT-bestselling author Marisa de los Santos talks with Chapter 16 about love and friendship in her new novel

…Belong To Me), de los Santos carefully explores the nuances of every type of love—filial, familial, and romantic—and her “skill with characterization brings this engaging novel to life,” as Romantic…

Will Allen Dromgoole (1860-1934)

…them. Beginning in 1890, Dromgoole edited and contributed to Will Allen’s Journal: A Literary Society Weekly, published in Nashville for several years. After public criticism following the second defeat in…

The True Costs of Amazon's Savings

According to a new analysis of a study by UT, it’s even worse than we thought

…are and support their local bookstores instead of buying books online. Garrigan argues that Amazon’s refusal to collect the state and local sales taxes that other bricks-and-mortar stores collect–taxes that…

Evelyn Scott (1893-1963)

…support her, thus relieving them of a financial burden. Despite her family’s precarious financial situation, Scott rejected the option of traditional marriage, choosing instead to run away with an older,…

Wilmer Mills (1969-2011)

Steady rhythm and rules were driving forces not only behind Wilmer Mills’ daily life, but also his poetry, as he thought of “narrative, metrical, old-fashioned poetry as a kind of…

Alex Haley (1921-1992)

…of fictionalizing several aspects of Malcolm’s life. After the success of Malcolm X, Haley stumbled across the names of his maternal great-grandparents while going through the National Archives’ post-Civil War…

TAKE THE SHORT READER SURVEY! CHAPTER 16 SURVEYOR SURVEYING