Poets Kate Daniels and Jeff Daniel Marion to be honored by the Fellowship of Southern Writers
October 15, 2010 This week, the Fellowship of Southern Writers notified Kate Daniels and Jeff Daniel Marion that they would be honored in April at the Fellowship’s Conference on Southern Literature in Chattanooga.
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Marge Piercy talks with Chapter 16 about poetry, fiction, memoir, and writing as a political act
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.
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Molly Peacock talks with Chapter 16 about writing, performing, and teaching poetry
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.
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Claudia Emerson talks about writing deeply personal poems
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.
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September 24, 2010 Bill Brown is a part-time lecturer at Vanderbilt University. He has written four poetry collections, three chapbooks, and a textbook. The recipient of many awards and fellowships, Brown lives in the hills of Robertson County with his wife, Suzanne, and a tribe of cats. “The Melting” originally appeared in The Texas Poetry Review.
Read moreThe American Academy of Poets hails Khaled Mattawa
September 17, 2010 The Academy of American Poets announced this week that Khaled Mattawa, a graduate of the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, has been awarded the 2010 Academy Fellowship. Awarded once a year “for distinguished poetic achievement,” the fellowship carries a stipend of $25,000.
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