A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Natural City

Natural City

Soraya Cates Parr shares nature hidden in plain sight in Nashville Native Orchids

In Nashville Native Orchids, Soraya Cates Parr has written a fascinating first book that is part natural science, part field guide, and part cultural heritage. Native orchids turn out to be a key to unlocking hidden nature throughout the city. Soraya Cates Parr will discuss the book at Warner Park Nature Center in Nashville on February 22.

The Good Fight

The Good Fight

Faith sustains activist Catherine Coleman Flowers amid the rural South’s water wars

“Slime Mold”

“Slime Mold”

Book Excerpt: It’s Just a Phase

Personal Stakes
Personal Stakes

Personal Stakes

Mark Greaney talks about his influences and the Gray Man

Fierce Protection

Fierce Protection

In Tova Mirvis’ We Would Never, a terrible crime tests a tight-knit family

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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).

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