Lorrie Moore discusses death, humor, and her sensational new novel
I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home braids the diary of a 19th-century spinster with a modern-day road trip story. With her signature dry humor and mastery of metaphor, Lorrie Moore leaves bodies in her wake.
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Chris Offutt on small towns, homesickness, and whether “bad guys” exist
Chris Offutt talks with Chapter 16 about the love that goes into his rural noir thrillers.
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Angela Tucker wants us to understand the complexities of adoption
Angela Tucker is committed to opening a conversation about the complex, sometimes contradictory emotions around adoption, especially for transracial adoptees. Tucker will discuss her book You Should Be Grateful with Steve Haruch at The Porch in Nashville on June 10.
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Jefferson Cowie explores the troubling history of racist anti-statism in the South
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: With Freedom’s Dominion, Jefferson Cowie spins a dark, intricate tale of white, racist, anti-statist ideas of freedom in Alabama, revealing a sprawling history of white resistance to federal power. The book recently received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in history.
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Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life captures the civil rights leader in his full humanity
With King: A Life, Jonathan Eig has written the definitive biography of Martin Luther King Jr. for this generation. Eig will discuss King: A Life at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 1.
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Vanderbilt philosophers Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse discuss their handbook for political disagreement
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: In Why We Argue (and How We Should), Vanderbilt University philosophy professors Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse set ground rules for the kind of productive, democratic disagreement that they say is fundamental to a civil life.
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