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A Special Alchemy
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

A Special Alchemy

By Sara Beth West

Major Jackson celebrates the heart-healing magic of both poetry and soup with A Bowl of Goodness

The soup pot is a portal to a universe of flavor. Nashville poet Major Jackson understands this strange magic and celebrates it in A Bowl of Goodness, a collection of poems and occasional recipes. Jackson brings together the work of such bright lights as former poets laureate Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Natasha Trethewey, and Joy Harjo, alongside fellow Tennessee writers such as Ann Patchett, Lisa Coffman, and Kate Daniels.
Grief Song
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

Grief Song

By sam long

Joy Harjo reckons with the death of her daughter in Cloud Runner
Falling in Love in the Middle of Hell
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

Falling in Love in the Middle of Hell

By Tina Chambers

Two young people find each other and survive the Holocaust against overwhelming odds
A 1970s Love Story
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

A 1970s Love Story

By Peggy Burch

A young man leaves his Tennessee mountain home for the creative life in New York
Vanleer Ghost
Essays
Essays

Vanleer Ghost

By Jane Marcellus

In all the years since I first heard the story, I have not thought of it as anything but true

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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.

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