Chapter 16 - Part 296

Joking as a Martial Art

Jason Miller talks with Chapter 16 about his second mystery set in Illinois coal country

By Stephen Usery | August 18, 2016

Jason Miller, RED DOG In his latest crime novel, Jason Miller turns his attention to a nasty strain of white supremacy that’s rearing its head again in the economically-challenged parts of rural America. Miller will discuss Red Dog at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 25, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., and at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. Both events are free and open to the public.

Taking Violence Seriously in a Comic Novel

Jason Miller sits down with Chapter 16 to talk about Red Dog

By Stephen Usery | August 18, 2016

Prior to Nashville appearances at Parnassus Books and the Southern Festival of Books, crime novelist Jason Miller sits down with Chapter 16 to discuss his new Slim in Little Egypt mystery, Red Dog. The interview is available in three formats: text, podcast, and streaming audio.

Parallel Lives

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing portrays the ravages of the slave trade on both sides of the Atlantic

By Sean Kinch | August 17, 2016

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing, follows the story of two half-sisters born in Ghana in the late-eighteenth century. Effia becomes the “African wife” of a British colonial governor, while Esi is captured by a rival tribe and sold into slavery. Gyasi will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.

Still So Far from Safe

A transgender teen struggles to survive high school in Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl

By Tina Chambers | August 16, 2016

If I Was Your Girl_final cover (2) Meredith Russo’s powerful YA novel, If I Was Your Girl, is extraordinary not because of the events it depicts but because of its point of view: that of an emotionally fragile transgender teen struggling to survive the ruthless world of high school. Russo will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.

The Rent Eats First

In Evicted, Matthew Desmond combines novelistic detail with a game-changing analysis of how the housing market shapes urban poverty

By Aram Goudsouzian | August 15, 2016

high res cover9780553447439 (1) Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is an extraordinary account of renters and landlords in Milwaukee. It forces the reader to understand the urban housing market as not just a consequence but also a cause of poverty. Desmond will be at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. Festival events are free and open to the public.

“Evensong”

By Judith Duvall | August 12, 2016

Cover of U. Hope Judith Duvall’s poetry and fiction have appeared in three anthologies from the Knoxville Writers’ Guild—Bleeding Hearts, Familiar Landscapes, and A Tapestry of Voices—among other publications. A graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, she lives near English Mountain and the shores of Douglas Lake in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Duvall will read from Unrationed Hope at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on August 14, 2016, at 2 p.m.

Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, illustrated by Josie Del Castillo
Seal Press
304 pages
$30

“Within these pages, I found my abuela, my tías and my primas — laughing, crying, and nodding alongside me. This book is a gift of understanding, and loving one’s family, even when our families are complicated and painful. It’s a beautiful reminder of the power of storytelling and the profound connection of kinship.”

~ Paola Mendoza, author, organizer and filmmaker