Defenseless Against the Memory Bobby C. Rogers brings depth and richness to his poetry’s West Tennessean setting By Emily Choate, originally published on Chapter 16 on February…
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By Emily Choate for Chapter16.org originally published January 18, 2022 Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue — a new anthology of speculative fiction co-edited by lauded…
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Suzanne Cope profiles Black women who used food to fight for freedom By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org originally published January 12, 2022 We often associate the civil…
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Wayne Dowdy documents the history of enslaved African Americans in Memphis By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org originally published November 17, 2021 Whenever one of my…
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Corey Mesler shares a few thoughts on antiheroes, privacy, and prolificity By Maria Browning, for Chapter16.org The titular protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel, The Diminishment…
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W. Ralph Eubanks explores the literary tradition in Mississippi By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org For a state with relatively few people, Mississippi has produced some of…
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Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow South By Chris Moody, for Chapter16.org While researching his book, A Better Life for Their…
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Hell on the Border continues the true story of a larger-than-life lawman By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org In Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, Sidney Thompson…
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The 10th thriller in the Gray Man series follows news of a Netflix film By Peggy Burch, for Chapter16.org Mark Greaney’s invincible assassin Court Gentry…
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Anthea Butler speaks with prophetic candor in White Evangelical Racism By David Dark, for Chapter16.org When religion and politics, the twin abstractions, seem to come at…
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