Chapter 16 - Part 29

Filling the Need to Know

Joyce Carol Oates talks about her new memoir

By Maria Browning | February 23, 2011

February 23, 2011 Literary titan Joyce Carol Oates is known for the extraordinary virtuosity and prolificacy of her work. In A Widow’s Story: A Memoir, she tells the story of her struggle to cope with the death of her husband of nearly fifty years. Today she answers questions from Chapter 16 about A Widow’s Story and her work as both a writer and a teacher. Oates will give a reading at Austin Peay State University on February 25 at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

A Sinister Beauty

Madison Smartt Bell talks to Chapter 16 about his provocative new novel

By Maria Browning | February 21, 2011

February 21, 2011 In his new novel, The Color of Night, Madison Smartt Bell takes readers into the mind of a woman who has channeled her own suffering into a terrible obsession with violence and death. Today at Chapter 16, read an interview with Bell and an excerpt from the book, which hits shelves April 5.

Employed by Truth

Poet Nikki Giovanni is still speaking her mind

By Maria Browning | January 17, 2011

January 17, 2011 Since she first gained attention in the late 1960s with fiery screeds like “The Great Pax Whitie,” Nikki Giovanni has been both one of America’s most popular poets and a cultural leader in the African American community. Now in her fifth decade of literary prominence, Giovanni is still pursuing her craft, her passion for education, and her penchant for speaking her mind.

Imagining the Future, but Not Predicting It

Margaret Atwood discusses her work and her concern for the planet

By Maria Browning | October 26, 2010

October 26, 2010 One of the most gifted and popular writers of her generation, Canada’s Margaret Atwood has always brought a social and political conscience to bear in her award-winning poetry, fiction and critical writing. Prior to her visit to Nashville, she spoke with Chapter 16 about her work, the mixed blessings of technology, and how she’s aiding environmental causes. Margaret Atwood will give the keynote address to the ninth annual Belmont Humanities Symposium on October 27 at Belmont Heights Baptist Church at 7 p.m. She will also participate in a panel discussion on October 28 at 9:30 a.m. in the Massey Boardroom on the Belmont University campus. Both events are free and open to the public.

A Prelinguistic Place

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

By Maria Browning | October 5, 2010

October 5, 2010 Molly Peacock is known as a writer of vibrant, sensual poetry and as a nonfiction writer with a particular gift for articulating the challenges faced by women artists. She shares some thoughts with Chapter 16 on her vocation as a poet, and on her latest book, which examines late-life creativity. She will read from and discuss her work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville on October 7 at 7 p.m.

Close to the Bone

Pulitzer Prize-winner Claudia Emerson talks about writing deeply personal poems

By Maria Browning | September 27, 2010

September 27, 2010 Poet Claudia Emerson explored the painful terrain of divorce in her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Late Wife. Her newest collection, Figure Studies, looks at the gender “schooling” of young women and its impact on their lives. She answered questions from Chapter 16 by email prior to her public reading on September 27 at 7 pm. at the University of Tennessee Library in Knoxville.

I Gotta Sing!

By Alice Faye Duncan
WaterBrook
40 pages
$14.99

“A whole barnyard makes noise ‘in the Spirit of joy’ throughout this raucous picture book, a sweetly heartwarming sing-along by Duncan. Kellam conveys comfort and happiness as the loved ones reflect sunny enthusiasm in this gladdening rendition of the Black American religious folk song ‘I’m Goin’a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing.’”

~Publishers Weekly