The lump of dust and ice that has fascinated humankind for millennia
It is impossible for me to read Twain without remembering that his life began and ended with the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1835 and 1910. He predicted his demise that year and hoped to ride the comet across the heavens.
Ashley N. Roth peels back the paint on the American Dream
Plum portrays the splintering effect of trauma
Jennifer Haigh’s Rabbit Moon combines intellectual heft with the readerly pleasures of a thriller
Keith Wood paints a portrait of a Memphis baseball team and the Black community that loved it
Ways to Support the WorkChapter 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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