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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Category: Author Interviews
Place Justice
Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin talks with Chapter 16 about nurturing Black-affirming spaces By Davis Shoulders, for Chapter16.org Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin is a researcher, cultural worker, and lecturer at…
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SB 30 Episode 65: An unimaginable childhood, and path to recovery, with author Angie Howard
“I grew up in a one-traffic-light Mississippi town, a place of innocence and nostalgia that never reached my door. A cotton-top little girl, I was…
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Whose Hot Chicken Is It Anyway?
A historian weaves the story of Nashville hot chicken with a chronicle of race and real estate By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the introduction…
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A Park for the People
Brooks Lamb tells the history of Overton Park through the eyes of Memphians Originally published by Chapter16 February 21, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16.org…
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Not as Different as We Think
Elizabeth Passarella on being a “muddled mashup of everything” By Sara Beth West, for Chapter16.org Raised in a conservative corner of Memphis, Elizabeth Passarella now…
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Why Merle Haggard Deserves a Nobel Prize
Peter Guralnick discusses his latest book, Looking to Get Lost By Jim Patterson, for Chapter16.org If Peter Guralnick only accomplished rescuing Elvis Presley from the bilious…
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SB 30 Episode 62: Puppies bringing happiness & light to dark times, in a new children’s book from new author Candace Echols
“Sometimes they see things I don’t see, like in this book. . . where the children know something the adults don’t. In this story that…
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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…
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The Problem with Policing
In Occupied Territory, Simon Balto digs at the roots of the current turmoil over race and policing By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org Every year, the Benjamin…
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