Chapter 16 - Part 31

Landscapes of Her Heart

Elizabeth Spencer, one of the South’s greatest writers, discusses her work, her years in Tennessee, and her friendship with Eudora Welty

By Maria Browning | July 13, 2010

July 13, 2010 After more than sixty years of acclaim as both a novelist and short-story writer, Mississippi native Elizabeth Spencer is still pursuing her craft. In anticipation of her reading at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, she spoke with Chapter 16 about her remarkable body of work. Spencer will read at the Bairnwick Women’s Center on the Sewanee campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Bloodsuckers 1.0

Michael Sims shows off a glittering collection of antique vampire tales

By Maria Browning | July 6, 2010

June 6, 2010 Acclaimed nature writer Michael Sims turns his attention to the unnatural world of vampires, compiling a fascinating anthology of Victorian-era tales.

True Blues

In a new anthology, crime writers riff on the music of the Mississippi Delta

By Maria Browning | July 1, 2010

July 1, 2010 The raw emotion of the blues meets the rough world of crime fiction in Delta Blues, an anthology of new stories with contributions from the likes of John Grisham and James Lee Burke.

The Crime of Crimes

Scholar Larry May examines the legal questions around genocide

By Maria Browning | June 24, 2010

June 24, 2010 The word “genocide” evokes thoughts of the worst horrors humans can inflict on each other. In Genocide: A Normative Account, Vanderbilt law professor Larry May dissects the surprisingly complex legal and philosophical questions of genocide, and argues that the special harms caused by this crime have little to do with bloodshed.

High Ideals and Practical Necessities

Toni P. Anderson writes an engaging new history of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers

By Maria Browning | June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010 In “Tell Them We Are Singing for Jesus,” her lively account of the first Fisk Jubilee Singers, Toni P. Anderson provides a vivid portrait of the ideals and personalities that shaped one of America’s musical treasures.

The Spirit of the Mountains

Scholar John Lang examines the many faces of God in Appalachian poetry

By Maria Browning | June 16, 2010

June 16, 2010 In Six Poets from the Mountain South, John Lang argues that Appalachian literature may reject harsh fundamentalism, but it also embraces a spirituality inspired by the mountain landscape.

Driving the Tide (The After Dunkirk Series, Book 6)

By Lee Jackson
Severn River Publishing
444 pages
$19.99

“Driving the Tide is the riveting sixth installment in the After Dunkirk family saga, bringing to life the darkest pages of World War II―and the unflinching bravery of regular people who rose to the challenges of their times.”

~ the publisher