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Chapter 16 is a digital language & literature program of Humanities Tennessee
President:
Robert Cheatham
Director of Literature & Language Programs:
Serenity Gerbman
Director of Digital Programs:
Tim Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Renkl
Contributing Writers: Ralph Bowden, Maria Browning, Wayne Christeson, Susannah Felts, Lacey Galbraith, Liz Garrigan, Paul V. Griffith, Faye Jones, Sean Kinch, Paul McCoy, Fernanda Moore, Joe Nolan, Charlotte Pence, Anne Delana Reeves, Clay Risen, Chris Scott, Ed Tarkington, Michael Ray Taylor
Copyeditor:
Wayne Christeson
Calendar Editor:
Tristan Hickey
Editorial Board: Darnell Arnoult, Amy Dietrich, Tony Earley, John Egerton, Sylverna Ford, Silas House, Mary Grey James, Marilyn Kallet, Michael Knight, Catherine Landis, Randy Mackin, Jane Pinkston, Alice Randall, Fred Sauceman, Phyllis Tickle, Stephen Usery
Sponsored in part by:
The Bruce Springsteen of American Poetry
Robert Pinsky, America’s preeminent Man of Letters, talks with Chapter 16 prior to his Chattanooga appearance next week
by Pablo Tanguay
February 2, 2012 Poet, translator, critic, professor: these are former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky’s day jobs. After hours, he also writes the poetry column for Slate, appears on television shows like The Simpsons and The Colbert Report, performs with jazz bands, and has shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen. If America can claim a Public Man of Letters, Pinsky is it. He will give a free public lecture, “The Value of the Arts and Humanities in Education and Society,” sponsored by the University of Tennessee and the Benwood Foundation in Chattanooga, on February 7 at 7 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Auditorium of the UTC Fine Arts Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Published Thursday, 2 February 2012
Ecstasy and Perversion
Tales of the New World, the new short-story collection by PEN-Faulkner Award winner Sabina Murray, finds the sublime and the beautiful in the legendary ventures of history’s great explorers
by Ed Tarkington
February 1, 2012 In her new collection, Tales of the New World, Sabina Murray imagines the minds and hearts of a broad variety of legendary explorers and adventurers, investigating the complex and problematic nature of the urge “to go where no man has gone before.” In prose that is at once fearlessly blunt and stylishly ethereal, Murray recreates the triumphs and tragedies of a cast ranging from Ferdinand Magellan to cult leader Jim Jones. Murray will read from and discuss her work on February 6 at 7 p.m. in the Hodges Library auditorium of the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Published Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Holy War, Popular War
In a comprehensive history of the First Crusade, Jay Rubenstein weighs in on Apocalyptic fever, the advent of chivalric warfare, and the power of popular religion
by Paul V. Griffith
January 31, 2012 Of all the sayings about history––it’s one damned thing after another; it’s written by the winners, it’s doomed to repeat itself––none is more incriminating than the one attributed to Lenin: A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth. Knoxville historian Jay Rubenstein takes this phenomenon into account in Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse.
Published Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Features
Briefly Noted
The Isle of Blood
Simon & Schuster
560 pages
$18.99
"Articulately literary, horrifically grotesque and mind-bendingly complex, Yancey’s trilogy conclusion might be the best of the Monstrumologist trilogy. His 19th-century dialogue and descriptions run even smoother than the previous two titles, and his characters have grown deeply complex. He deftly blurs lines between science and the supernatural, and what results is a long, dark-night-of-the-soul journey for both Will Henry and Pellinore that is certain to turn the hearts and the stomachs of every reader who dares open its pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review |