A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Honoring Grief, History, and Family
Honoring Grief, History, and Family

Honoring Grief, History, and Family

Crystal Wilkinson on her new culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a food memoir by former Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson, offers a banquet of voices, memories, imagination, and archival photographs. Wilkinson will be the nonfiction workshop leader at this year’s Tremont Writers Conference in Townsend on October 22-26.

Disaster-Colored Glasses

Disaster-Colored Glasses

Mary Laura Philpott confronts life’s toughest questions with humor and heart

Lost Causes
Lost Causes

Lost Causes

Andrew Donnelly digs into same-sex romantic affections in the 19th-century South

A Necessary Political Act

A Necessary Political Act

In Opinions, Roxane Gay grapples with the questions of our time

A Healing Journey

A Healing Journey

I’ve come to see that a person can be molded from the soil of many places

Ways to Support the Work

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).

Your donations help us continue to engage in the stories of the past and present to build a better future for Tennesseans. Contributions help make Chapter16 possible and ensure it remains free for the community. Individual gifts, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships help connect communities through shared stories and allow us all to build a better future for all Tennesseans.

 

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