Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes is a tribute to Nashville’s country music legends and the city’s past.
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Nashville Heroes
Journalist Tim Ghianni recalls decades covering country legends
Boundaries and Chaos
Mary-Alice Daniel’s debut poetry collection interrogates our sense of order
Mary-Alice Daniel’s Mass for Shut-Ins is the winner of the 2022 Yale Younger Poets Prize. The poems in this debut collection ask readers to live inside a porousness of borders, both physical and mental.
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A Lifelong Task
Poet Alicia Ostriker talks to Chapter 16 about wrestling with literary and cultural tradition
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: An author of both groundbreaking criticism and acclaimed poetry, Alicia Ostriker has devoted much of her work to a feminist transformation of literary and cultural tradition. Whether arguing for recognition of women’s poetry as a genre in its own right or recasting the stories of the Bible from a feminist perspective, Ostriker is a radical with a deep respect for her roots.
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Overtime
On Saturdays, we play with their children and pour the tea
I arrange the clementines on the table next to the store-bought croissants and juice boxes; this has now become a ritual, though not a meditative one.
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Affrilachia from A to Z
Frank X Walker’s new picture book pays tribute to Black life in Appalachia
Frank X Walker’s A Is for Affrilachia, illustrated by upfromsumdirt, is a picture book for all ages.
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A Breath of Fresh Air
John Seigenthaler promoted thoughtful discourse one book at a time
A Word on Words: The Best of John Seigenthaler’s Interviews celebrates the significant contribution to the American literary landscape made by Nashville’s John Seigenthaler, a legendary journalist and First Amendment advocate.
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