Chapter 16 - Part 407

The Particulars of Evil

Sue Monk Kidd heads to Nashville to read from her new novel set in pre-Civil War Charleston

By Tina LoTufo | January 7, 2014

January 8, 2014 Sue Monk Kidd’s bestselling 2004 novel, The Secret Life of Bees, is set against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil-rights movement. In The Invention of Wings Kidd turns the clock back further—to the slave-holding South prior to the Civil War. Kidd will discuss the book at 6:15 p.m. on January 15, 2014, at the Nashville Public Library, as part of the Salon@615 series.

Switching Sides

Glenn Feldman explains how the once-blue South turned red

By Michael Ray Taylor | January 7, 2014

January 7, 2014 “The South began its move toward the modern Republican party in 1865,” writes Glenn Feldman in the opening sentence of his new book, The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944. Feldman, who earned a master’s degree in political science at Vanderbilt, spends the rest of the book backing up this surprising statement with overwhelming historical evidence.

New Anthology Spotlights Tennessee Poets

The Southern Poetry Anthology series turns toward Tennessee

By Quincy Rhoads | January 6, 2014

January 6, 2013 The literary culture of Tennessee is as varied as the landscape of the state, and The Southern Poetry Anthology captures this diversity in the breadth of its selections. From West Tennessee’s Lisa Roney to East Tennessee’s Jeff Daniel Marion, and from nationally celebrated poets like Charles Wright to less familiar talents like Jeff Hardin and Kevin Thomason, the anthology includes a broad array of talent.

Calling All Friends of Chapter 16

Please consider a year-end gift to protect the future of this publication

By Margaret Renkl | December 23, 2013

December 23, 2013 At Chapter 16, our mission is to help readers find the books that will change their lives.

From “A Map of the Lost World”

By Rick Hilles | December 13, 2013

December 13, 2013 Rick Hilles has received a Whiting Writers’ Award, the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, a Camargo Fellowship, and, most recently, a 2013 Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry from the Tennessee Arts Commission. He is the author of Brother Salvage, winner of the 2005 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and A Map of the Lost World (2012), and his poems have been published widely in literary magazines. He lives in Nashville and teaches poetry at Vanderbilt University. Hilles will read from his work on December 19, 2013, at 7 p.m. at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville. The event is free and open to the public.

The Egerton School of Public Service, Truth Telling, Rabble Rousing, and Close Talking

At a public celebration of John Egerton’s life, the beloved Nashville author is remembered as a force for good in the world

December 13, 2013

November 12, 2013 At a celebration of John Egerton’s life on December 8, several hundred friends, colleagues, and admirers gathered at the Nashville Public Library to remember the author of Southern Food and Speak Now Against the Day, among many other influential books on the culture of the American South. At Chapter 16, we are honored to publish the prepared remarks given in John’s honor, a link to a video of the event by Joe York of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and excerpts from a selection of reminiscences by those who attended the celebration.

Camilla and the Caterpillars

By Frances Figart, illustrated by Matt Brass
Smokies Life
68 pages
$14.95

A young girl’s encounter with an extraordinary caterpillar in the Great Smoky Mountains leads her and her family on a quest to plant a national park right in their own backyard.

This environmentally themed chapter book for ages 6 through 11 introduces young readers to important ecological concepts including habitat loss and the interdependence of native species and offers a compelling grassroots solution through native-plant gardening that invites anyone to take part in addressing the growing biodiversity crisis.

~the publisher