Online auction “Do the Write Thing” brings in $75,000 for Tennessee flood relief
…the auction closed was the winner, and money was collected by PayPal. All proceeds go to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s flood relief fund. Though none of them has…
Author Jay McInerney beefs up his high-tech cred with a (sort-of) review of the Apple iPad
…to get online.” (Only half a thumb for wireless world-wide-webbed connectivity? We always suspected that the Internet was overrated.) Read the story online — with wires or without — here….
Vanderbilt MFA candidates launch a new literary magazine
April 7, 2010 Graduate students in Vanderbilt University’s nationally ranked MFA program have launched a national literary magazine, Nashville Review. The online journal, which went live on April 1, is…
What’s new in Tennessee books—and at Chapter 16—on March 18, 2010
…this week herself—albeit in an unusual way. As The Boston Globe reports, composer Elena Ruehr has adapted Patchett’s novel Bel Canto, which won the PEN/Faulkner award in 2002, for string…
What’s new in Tennessee books—and at Chapter 16—on January 14, 2010
…complicated relationship with her master. … Compelling and unsentimental.” Library Journal pronounced it “memorable,” and Publisher’s Weekly called it “heart-wrenching, intriguing, original and suspenseful.” Look for Chapter 16‘s take on…
A Nashville nanny enters a Cheerios contest … and wins a publishing contract
Nashville nanny Shellie Braeuner didn’t learn about the first Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Children’s Book Contest until the final day to enter. Undaunted, she came up with a charming rhyme…
