Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Erica Ciccarone

Young Magic

From the stage to the page, Nashville’s first Youth Poet Laureate shines

March 28, 2016 Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay, Nashville’s first Youth Poet Laureate, has just published her debut collection. this is our war sparkles with imagery and wisdom that will stay with you long after you close the book. Mukhopadhyay will read from it at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 1, 2016, at 6 p.m.

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Portrait of the Artist as a Screenwriter

Stewart O’Nan’s latest novel captures F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quest for authenticity in Hollywood

January 7, 2016 In his novel West of Sunset, Stewart O’Nan imagines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final years, a time when he tried to make a fresh start in Hollywood. O’Nan will appear at Crosstown Arts in Memphis on January 12, 2016, at 6 p.m.

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Shining Our Book-Signal Up Into the Sky

Nashville Public Television revives A Word on Words with new hosts J.T. Ellison and Mary Laura Philpott

November 23, 2015 With hosts J.T. Ellison and Mary Laura Philpott, Nashville Public Television has launched a new format for the late John Seigenthaler’s celebrated author-interview program, A Word on Words.

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Alchemist of the American Roadside

John Baeder’s Road Well Taken remembers the great American road trip of one of our most iconic painters

October 29, 2015 Jay Williams explores the life, times, and legacy of artist John Baeder in John Baeder’s Road Well Taken. Baeder will discuss and sign copies at Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 4, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

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