Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Finding True Love, Austen Style

Beth Pattillo updates Sense and Sensibility

…most of their adulthood, they have lived separate lives. Ellen is the loyal daughter who takes care of their mother during her final illness while Mimi can’t face their mother’s…

Once Upon a Time in South Beach

In Cloaked Alex Flinn puts a modern spin on some timeless tales

…eye, and a special hearing device that enables him to understand the speech of enchanted animals, Johnny sets off to follow the princess’s quest and fulfill his destiny. He needs…

Out of the Box

Borders and Davis-Kidd may be gone, but that doesn’t mean Nashville can’t support a bookstore

…to buy books; it’s also a place to find kindred souls. If you already know what you want to read, Amazon is almost impossible to resist. Buying a book online

The Novelist and the Nun

In an essay for Granta, Ann Patchett considers her long friendship with Sister Nena

March 25, 2011 Ann Patchett spent twelve years as a student at St. Bernard Academy, a Catholic school in Nashville run by an order of nuns called the Sisters of…

Writers in the Red

Bidding begins today at online auction Writers for the Red Cross

…joined a group of writers and industry professionals to launch “Writers for the Red Cross,” an online auction pattered on “Do the Write Thing.” The auction will benefit the national

Beautiful Boy

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

…wrote Granju on her blog after viewing the special at the station last week. “While it was almost unbearably painful to watch, I also left the station last night knowing…

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