The state’s largest literary event will feature 100 authors By Humanities Tennessee, for Chapter16.org The Southern Festival of Books announced tonight the first of its…
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Corey Mesler shares a few thoughts on antiheroes, privacy, and prolificity By Maria Browning, for Chapter16.org The titular protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel, The Diminishment…
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Heather Truett on her debut novel and bringing more neurodivergent voices to publishing By Sara Beth West for Chapter16.org Heather Truett’s debut young adult novel, Kiss…
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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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Anjali Enjeti considers her identity in an evolving region in Southbound By Chris Moody for Chapter16.org In the final pages of Southbound, Anjali Enjeti’s collection of essays…
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Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow South By Chris Moody, for Chapter16.org While researching his book, A Better Life for Their…
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Hell on the Border continues the true story of a larger-than-life lawman By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org In Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, Sidney Thompson…
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The 10th thriller in the Gray Man series follows news of a Netflix film By Peggy Burch, for Chapter16.org Mark Greaney’s invincible assassin Court Gentry…
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A white priest’s experience of the civil rights movement in Alabama By Tina Chambers, for Chapter16.org “Strange the crevasses racial superiority sinks into — hiding…
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Anthea Butler speaks with prophetic candor in White Evangelical Racism By David Dark, for Chapter16.org When religion and politics, the twin abstractions, seem to come at…
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