By Candace Echols The first-draft title for this piece was going to be “Seven ways the pandemic has changed my parenting.” But if I’m being honest, the…
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MaDear’s Scrapbook
A granddaughter discovers an unexpected legacy of memories, questions, and untold stories By Lori D. Johnson for Chapter16.org For years, I thought I was the…
Read More MaDear’s ScrapbookThe Long Road to Discovery of Angel’s Glow
By John Matthews The recently-released Coronavirus vaccine is being hailed as nothing short of a medical miracle due to the speed of its development. In…
Read More The Long Road to Discovery of Angel’s GlowShuddh Desi Radio brings unity and the sounds of India to listeners
Desis’ love to hear, listen and speak about Shuddh Desi Radio – “Pure Desi” – in the foreign land By Arijit Basu In the heart…
Read More Shuddh Desi Radio brings unity and the sounds of India to listenersIn Memoriam, 2020
This retired school teacher reflects on a year of loss, and lessons By Mark Scott It has been a very long and traumatic year. Like…
Read More In Memoriam, 2020Arrow Creative Continues Memphis Tradition with Holiday Bazaar!
The annual Memphis College of Art (MCA)’s Holiday Bazaar will take place this year under the direction of Arrow Creative, a community non-profit dedicated to elevating…
Read More Arrow Creative Continues Memphis Tradition with Holiday Bazaar!Tommy Pacello: A Remembrance
Editor’s Note: My thoughts echo what Tom Jones so eloquently says here, that some deaths make the world stop. Like many in Memphis, I knew…
Read More Tommy Pacello: A RemembranceRobert Gordon: Memphis Calling
Robert Gordon revisits his rollicking tale of a revolutionary musical city By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org The title told it all, like some sci-fi…
Read More Robert Gordon: Memphis CallingA Great Southern Voice
Rick Bragg returns with a collection of his short works By Susannah Felts for Chapter16.org Rick Bragg is one of the great Southern voices of…
Read More A Great Southern VoiceThe Tall but True Tale of Private Homer Pease, veteran of WWII & Vietnam
For Veterans’ Day, an East Tennessee kid who served in two wars By John Mathews Normally I confine myself to compelling tales specific to Memphis…
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