Andrea Williams tells the story of Effa Manley in Baseball’s Leading Lady By Tracy Barrett, for Chapter16.org In 2006, Effa Manley was inducted into the National…
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Write Like I’m Hungry
Unlikely Angel delves into Dolly Parton’s formidable skill as a songwriter By Emily Choate, for Chapter16.org In recent years, Dolly Parton seems to have appeared in…
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This Is How I Saved Myself
Tina Turner shares her spiritual practice of 50 years By Tina Chambers, for Chapter16.org In Tina Turner’s new book, Happiness Becomes You, she advises readers to ask…
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MaDear’s Scrapbook
A granddaughter discovers an unexpected legacy of memories, questions, and untold stories By Lori D. Johnson for Chapter16.org For years, I thought I was the…
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A Great Southern Voice
Rick Bragg returns with a collection of his short works By Susannah Felts for Chapter16.org Rick Bragg is one of the great Southern voices of…
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Putting the Music First
Memphis Mayhem is an insider’s history of the city’s sound By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org Ah, Memphis, the Southern capital of sin and song —…
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Love Letter to the Dollyverse
Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural pays unique tribute to Dolly Parton By Emily Choate, for Chapter16.org Sarah Smarsh’s She Come by It Natural—part biography, part memoir,…
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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…
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What 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…
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The 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…
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