A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Revisiting a Witch Hunt
Revisiting a Witch Hunt
Q & A
Q & A

Revisiting a Witch Hunt

By Jim Patterson

Clay Risen’s Red Scare offers a fresh take on the legacy of Senator Joseph McCarthy

Presidents Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with Senator Robert F. Kennedy, all played roles in the tale Clay Risen tells in Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America. Risen, a Nashville native and editor for The New York Times, takes a fresh look at the dark side of the 1950s, when Senator Joseph McCarthy ruined careers and lives with accusations of communism.
A Stolen Life
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

A Stolen Life

By Aram Goudsouzian

Zora Neale Hurston relates the stories of an extraordinary survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
An American Literary Life
An American Literary Life
Q & A
Q & A

An American Literary Life

By Maria Browning

Frye Gaillard discusses Jimmy Carter’s love of the written word
“Information Worker at the End of the World”
Book Excerpt
Book Excerpt

“Information Worker at the End of the World”

By Stephanie Niu

Book Excerpt: I Would Define the Sun
Laughter in the Face of Despair
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

Laughter in the Face of Despair

By Sara Beth West

Steve Stern connects the ridiculous and the sublime in A Fool’s Kabbalah

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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.

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).

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