Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Something for Everyone

The annual Rose Glen Literary Festival in Sevierville just keeps growing in size and stature

…goal is to offer something for everyone.” Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective, a nonprofit literary center….

Growing Up in Silence and Shame

Tayari Jones talks with Chapter 16 about the bigamous marriages at the heart of her acclaimed novel, Silver Sparrow

…information.] Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective, a nonprofit literary center. She is the author of This…

Brand-New Bookstores

In East Nashville, Her Bookshop and Atomic Nashville offer two new buy-local options

…“It’s just a matter of getting people to know we’re here.” Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective,…

Beautiful and Haunting Worlds

William Ferris’s latest collection articulates complex feelings about the rural South

…power and presence in deep, intimate ways.” Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective, a nonprofit literary center….

Yes, Please

Robert G. Netherland serves up a generous helping of Appalachian farm cooking

…great. Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective, a nonprofit literary center. She is the author of This…

All the Things We Hide

Lee Clay Johnson’s desolate debut novel, Nitro Mountain, exerts a powerful magnetic pull

…puncture wound in the sky. What if there was an entire world behind the surface of this one? A darker place made of all the things we hide?” Susannah Felts

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