Chris Offutt talks with Chapter 16 about the love that goes into his rural noir thrillers.
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Human Drama
Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist
American as Apple Pie
Friends turn to each other in Brandon Taylor’s The Late Americans
With his second novel, The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor invites us into a study on the intersection of loneliness, belonging, and being happy.
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Gratitude and Loss
Angela Tucker wants us to understand the complexities of adoption
Angela Tucker is committed to opening a conversation about the complex, sometimes contradictory emotions around adoption, especially for transracial adoptees. Tucker will discuss her book You Should Be Grateful with Steve Haruch at The Porch in Nashville on June 10.
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Call of the Wild
David George Haskell explores all things acoustic within the natural world
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: David George Haskell’s fourth book, Sounds Wild and Broken, was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. Haskell will deliver the keynote address at the Clarksville Writers Conference on June 8.
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“To the Aliens, Letter #4”
Book Excerpt: Star-Tent: A Triptych
Amie Whittemore was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. She teaches at Middle Tennessee State University, where she directs MTSU Write.
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Gardening for Fun and … Profit?
How taming a too-steep-to-mow hillside became a new hobby
I’d never been an outdoors kind of gal, but as my 74th birthday approached, I decided to tame our unruly back acre.
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