Writer and translator Adria Bernardi discusses her work and her unique linguistic heritage
August 3, 2010 Adria Bernardi grew up in an Italian-American family, surrounded by a community that spoke a rich mix of English, Italian, and regional dialects. She has put that unique heritage to work in both her writing and her work as a translator. In a far-ranging interview with Chapter 16, she discusses her multi-faceted relationship with language.
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The poetry of Robert Hass is surveyed in a new collection
July 22, 2010 Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass has been lauded for his work for more than three decades. The Apple Trees at Olema brings together selected poems from each of his five award-winning collections, as well as new work, and gives readers a glimpse into the evolution of one of our greatest living poets. Robert Hass will give a public reading at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference on July 23 at 11 a.m.
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Elizabeth Spencer, one of the South’s greatest writers, discusses her work, her years in Tennessee, and her friendship with Eudora Welty
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.
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Michael Sims shows off a glittering collection of antique vampire tales
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.
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In a new anthology, crime writers riff on the music of the Mississippi Delta
July 1, 2010 The raw emotion of the blues meets the rough world of crime fiction in
Scholar Larry May examines the legal questions around genocide
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.
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