A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Disaster-Colored Glasses

Disaster-Colored Glasses

Mary Laura Philpott confronts life’s toughest questions with humor and heart

Making sense of the land mines of life is the theme of Nashville author Mary Laura Philpott’s memoir in essays, Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives. Philpott will appear with Margaret Renkl at a fundraiser for The Porch at Juniper Green in Nashville on May 2. 

Lost Causes
Lost Causes

Lost Causes

Andrew Donnelly digs into same-sex romantic affections in the 19th-century South

A Necessary Political Act

A Necessary Political Act

In Opinions, Roxane Gay grapples with the questions of our time

A Healing Journey

A Healing Journey

I’ve come to see that a person can be molded from the soil of many places

Normal Life Impossible

Normal Life Impossible

Julia Elliott’s stories teem with natural and supernatural creatures

Ways to Support the Work

Chapter 16, launched in October 2009, is an online journal about books, writers, and literary events in Tennessee and serves as the state affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.

We cover novels set here; histories involving Tennessee events or locations; authors who live here, were born or educated here; and out-of-state writers when they give readings or participate in book signings anywhere in the state. We also publish original poems and essays by prominent Tennessee authors (including previews of their works in progress).

Your donations help us continue to engage in the stories of the past and present to build a better future for Tennesseans. Contributions help make Chapter16 possible and ensure it remains free for the community. Individual gifts, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships help connect communities through shared stories and allow us all to build a better future for all Tennesseans.

 

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