Poetry

October 15, 2010 Marge Piercy’s productivity and accomplishments are nothing short of astounding. She has published seventeen novels in genres as diverse as science fiction and historical fiction, including The New York Times bestseller, Gone to Soldiers. As if that weren’t enough, she has also published seventeen volumes of poetry and a memoir. She answered questions from Chapter 16 in advance of her public appearances in Knoxville on October 17 and 18.

October 5, 2010 Molly Peacock is known as a writer of vibrant, sensual poetry and as a nonfiction writer with a particular gift for articulating the challenges faced by women artists. She shares some thoughts with Chapter 16 on her vocation as a poet, and on her latest book, which examines late-life creativity. She will read from and discuss her work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville on October 7 at 7 p.m.

September 27, 2010 Poet Claudia Emerson explored the painful terrain of divorce in her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Late Wife. Her newest collection, Figure Studies, looks at the gender “schooling” of young women and its impact on their lives. She answered questions from Chapter 16 by email prior to her public reading on September 27 at 7 pm. at the University of Tennessee Library in Knoxville.