Home, Happiness, and Hurt
Writers of color consider what it means to belong in the South By Kashif Andrew Graham for Chapter16.org A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of…
Read More Home, Happiness, and HurtSame War, Same General
Connor Towne O’Neill grapples with America’s legacy of white supremacy By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In 2015, journalist Connor Towne O’Neill was on a reporting…
Read More Same War, Same GeneralWhat We’ll Miss and What We’ll Share
The meaning of the Southern Festival of Books in a season of loss By Steve Haruch for Chapter16.org The other day I was texting with…
Read More What We’ll Miss and What We’ll ShareComing apart, and back together, with William Luke White
White’s eponymous solo debut from Nine Mile Records echoes the times By Shannon Seaton, for StoryBoard’s SoundBoard Inspiration is so often driven by challenge. Sometimes…
Read More Coming apart, and back together, with William Luke WhiteWayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 30, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reflects on the differences and similarities between the Covid-19 pandemic and World War II in another letter to Colonel…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 30, 2020A segregated education in 1950’s Memphis
Adapted from Woodson J. Savage III’s Savage Family Tree, a true story of growing up in a segregated West Tennessee town By Woody J. Savage…
Read More A segregated education in 1950’s MemphisThe Past Is Never Dead
A new memoir by Lawrence Wells pulls back the curtain on a Southern literary community By Tina Chambers for Chapter16.org In his engaging memoir, In Faulkner’s…
Read More The Past Is Never DeadWayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 23, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent surveys the disruptions of American life due to the Covid-19 pandemic in another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating,…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 23, 2020Burke’s Books: The State of the Store, News and Whatnot
From our friends at Burke’s Books The store is now open to the public. We are requiring that all customers wear a mask when entering.…
Read More Burke’s Books: The State of the Store, News and WhatnotWalking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history
Originally published August 20, 2020. Feature photo by Lauren Turner By Ramona Springfield, for High Ground News As one of the oldest communities in the…
Read More Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history