Chapter 16
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Helping Haiti

Novelist Christopher Hebert went to Haiti hoping to help—and he left the country realizing how complicated helping can be

There is no Home Depot in Bouli, Haiti. That fact is obvious, of course, but the significance of it is substantial. It means, for instance, that virtually every material for…

Twenty Million and Counting

Karen Kingsbury talks with Chapter 16 about Loving, the concluding novel in her wildly popular Bailey Flanigan series

…million books in print and boasts a quarter of a million Facebook fans who look forward to her latest series installments, stand-alone titles, and children’s books. Her newest offering, Loving,…

Ecstasy in the Knowing

Mycophilia, Eugenia Bone’s exploration of the funky world of fungi, reveals the beauty and interconnectedness of all life

Eugenia Bone’s Mycophilia is the perfect “did-you-know” book. For instance, did you know that the largest single living organism on the planet is a fungus? Located in the Blue Mountains…

The Royal Navy Confronts the Privateer Problem

In Dewey Lambdin’s latest installment of the Alan Lewrie series, it’s 1805, and Captain Lewrie prowls the coastline of the American Southeast in search of French and Spanish privateers

…drinker of beer and American corn whiskey (when he can get it), unimpressed by his own rank, liked and respected by his officers and crew, and a shrewd and effective…

A License to Lie

Internationally acclaimed South African poet Antjie Krog talks with Chapter 16 about the essential instability of the first-person voice

…middle, end. Some trace-able characters, some gripping moments followed by relief, etc. The moment you start telling a story, you start to falsify/fictionalize. I thought I had to give account…

Considering the "Faulkner of Tennessee"

The Millions posts retrospective of the career of William Gay

…heart from the stories of novelists whose first books were rejected by literary agents an outrageous number of times before finally being published and shooting instantly to the top of…

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