Candacy Taylor documents the revolutionary guide that helped black travelers navigate a segregated America Originally published February, 2020. Feature image: mirrored images of the message…
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The Ghost Hunter
Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell cracks cold cases from the civil rights movement Originally published February 4, 2020 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16 Jerry Mitchell hunts…
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Pictures of a Life
In Richard Alley’s Amelia Thorn, a woman of her time becomes a woman ahead of her time By Faye Jones, for Chapter16 Memphis writer and editor…
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Memphians At Home: A Renewed Obsession With Bookshelves
Home bookshelves fascinate as the new TV studio backdrops All over the airwaves during the shutdown, talking heads have been appearing against a backdrop of…
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Rediscovering the Delta
A long-lost study of the Mississippi Delta reveals the source of the blues By Jonathan Frey, for Chapter16.org In the early 1940s, Fisk University scholars…
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Figs
By Nancy Deal It started with the Willoughbys, whose house is down the street from mine. They had a huge fig tree you could see…
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Boy Meets Girl: Insatiable lust and blind love torment the protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel
By G. Robert Frazier, for Chapter16.org Camel’s Bastard Son, the new novel from Memphis author Corey Mesler, may be one of the most bizarre —…
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Do Something Bookish! Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, All Week, with Burke’s Books Online
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY From Burke’s Books: In a normal world, this week would have been a big build-up to one of the best days of…
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Paths of Resistance
Multimedia artist Jessica Ingram explores the South’s racist history in Road Through Midnight By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the preface of Road Through Midnight, Jessica Ingram…
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Healing from “unimaginable abuse” in rural Mid-South
Sin Child is Angela Howard’s powerful debut, her memoir of honesty and optimism in the face of abuse Review by Susan Cushman Mississippi native Angela…
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