February 13, 2015 In Brigham Young: Sovereign in America, David Vaughn Mason explores the Mormon leader’s journey and describes how visions of an independent Mormon community drove Young and his followers across the western wilderness.
Stephen Usery
Contract Killing, Family Style
December 5, 2014 In A Wanted Woman, Memphis native Eric Jerome Dickey heads to the Caribbean to put his new assassin, Reaper, in harm’s way. He recently sat down with Chapter 16 to talk about his love of travel and about his very young and very lethal hired killer.
Behold the French Colossus
Box Brown talks with Chapter 16 about his graphic biography of Andre the Giant
August 29, 2014 Legendary professional wrestler Andre the Giant was so large, even as a pre-teen, that the school bus refused to carry him to his studies. In Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, Box Brown, an Ignatz award-winning comic artist, has brought the life of one of the world’s most recognizable celebrities to a graphic format. Brown will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 10-12, 2014. All festival events are free and open to the public.
Professional Wrestling's First Huge, Huge Star
August 29, 2014 In Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, Box Brown, an Ignatz award-winning comic artist, has brought the life of one of the world’s most recognizable celebrities to a graphic format. Box Brown will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 10-12, 2014. All festival events are free and open to the public.
The Sound of Soul
Robert Gordon talks with Chapter 16 about Respect Yourself, his new history of Stax Records
July 22, 2014 Robert Gordon’s Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion is a propulsive page-turner about a white fiddler and bank employee named Jim Stewart and his sister, Estelle Axton, who built the Stax Record label in the Soulsville neighborhood of Memphis. Robert Gordon will appear at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville October 10-12, 2014. All festival events are free and open to the public.
Ain’t Got Time to Take a Fast Train
May 20, 2014 Alex Chilton reached his commercial peak when he was only sixteen years old, but his artistic peak would come later. In A Man Called Destruction, Holly George-Warren looks at the man in full, from his early stardom to his later critical acclaim. George-Warren will discuss A Man Called Destruction at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville on May 23, 2014, at 3:30 p.m.
