Not On Our Watch
With the White House proposing to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities, Chapter 16’s editor looks back at a time when NEH funds rescued writers in Tennessee.
Poetry
“Don’t Hang Up”
Bill Brown is the author of nine poetry collections and a textbook. His work has appeared in Potomac Review, Southern Humanities Review, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Southern Poetry Review, Rattle, and River Styx, among others.
Voices Nearby and Far-Flung
On April 11 and 12, East Tennessee State University in Johnson City will host its second annual literary festival, offering a slate of workshops, readings, and genre-focused craft presentations. The event culminates with a keynote address by celebrated poet Ishion Hutchinson. All festival events are free and open to the public.
Seeking to Enchant and Enlighten
Chapter 16 takes a look at the newly relaunched Sewanee Review, the oldest literary magazine in the country.
All-American Cheerleader Sandi Sentell Stands in Line Outside Alumni Gym Before a Lecture by Gloria Steinem
Bobby C. Rogers is professor of English and writer-in-residence at Union University in Jackson. He will read from his newest poetry collection, Social History, at the University of Tennessee’s John C. Hodges Library in Knoxville on March 27 at 7 p.m.
An American Story
Richard Blanco brings a poet’s keen eye for observation and a prose writer’s gift for plot to his new memoir, The Prince of los Cocuyos, which illustrates how cultural, sexual, and artistic sensibilities are “all developed—not independently of each other—but simultaneously.” Blanco will appear at Vanderbilt University in Nashville on March 15 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
