Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Religion and Dogs and Woods

Clyde Edgerton talks with Chapter 16 about the Southern literary landscape

…begin to discover and understand ways we are alike—in spite of the ease with which pre-judgement slips into our noggins. Michael Ray Taylor chairs the communication and theatre arts department…

The Heart in Ruins

Kristen Radtke’s Imagine Wanting Only This weaves a haunting memoir around abandoned spaces

…Wanting Only This is her highly personal and unforgettable answer. Michael Ray Taylor chairs the communication department at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He is the author of several…

Funny Business

Peter Cooper writes of secrets, legends, and laughs in Johnny’s Cash & Charley’s Pride

…them, too, and laughed at life with them, and cried and cried and cried. Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He is the author…

The March of Science

In The Songs of Trees, David George Haskell writes with a poet’s ear and a biologist’s precision

…of billions. Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He is the author of several books of nonfiction and coauthor of a textbook, Creating Comics…

If It Ain’t Broke…

With The Fix David Baldacci cements the success of yet another page-turning series

…with tenants. And maybe a pissed-off drug dealer lurking.” Amos Decker seems custom-made to bring readers along for what may prove a lengthy—if delightfully bumpy—ride. Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism…

American Tragedy

Daniel J. Sharfstein captures two larger-than-life opponents of the Nez Perce war in Thunder in the Mountains

…it is also a careful meditation on human rights, the reach of government, and the power of a lone voice speaking truth. Michael Ray Taylor teaches journalism at Henderson State…

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