Radio Days
By Robert Lanier, While young people today may not know that an old-time radio was once like a piece of furniture in virtually every household,…
‘It’s Too Late to Tinker’ With Expressway Route
In the year of its 50th anniversary, a look back at the headlines, development and lingering aftermath of the epic, 1971 Citizens to Preserve Overton…
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Your Memphis Memories: ‘It’s Too Late To Tinker’ With Expressway Route
Feature image from the Memphis Press-Scimitar editorial page on March 7, 1968, three years before the Supreme Court decision (Memphis Public Library) The focal point…
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Unforseen fissures from a fractured year
“Brief, awkward exchanges reveal we differ on thoughts about pandemic life. It’s unsettling.” By Candace Echols Recognizing my old friends’ faces when I see them…
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Life, Breath, and Death
Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time Coming is an elegy and a call to action By Kashif Andrew Graham for Chapter16.org “I can’t breathe.” Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time…
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New music: Pain, anxiety, and love, with old-school four-track mentality
By Jacob Church After Christmas, I got my old cassette four-track from my parents’ house. I’d been writing songs during the pandemic, and I thought…
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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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Ice Storm Memories, Revisited
By Ken Billett Bouncing off the snow, the glare is almost blinding. Today is the first blue sky we’ve seen in four days. Every neighbor’s…
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Power in the Word
Southern Word connects young people to their voices, each other By Ciona Rouse, for Chapter16.org Benjamin Smith doesn’t really believe in the extraordinary young person.…
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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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God and Instagram: ‘Likes’ in the grand scheme
By Candace Echols You may know that I am new to Instagram. You see, I am a 3 on the Enneagram, which means I am…
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