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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, Tina LoTufo, Paul McCoy, Fernanda Moore, Joe Nolan, Sarah Norris, 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
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Astronomical Adventure
Andrea Wulf captures the danger and daring of an eighteenth-century scientific quest
by Michael Ray Taylor
May 17, 2012 In a book that is part scientific history (in the mode of Holly Tucker’s Blood Work) and part international quest (a la National Treasure or The DaVinci Code), Andrea Wulf circumnavigates the globe in a feat of Enlightenment-era derring-do that used a rare astronomical event to measure the solar system. Wulf will read from and discuss Chasing Venus at the Nashville Public Library on May 24, as part of the Salon@615 series. The event will begin with a reception at 6:15 p.m., followed by a reading at 6:45. Both are free and open to the public.
Published Thursday, 17 May 2012
Goodbye, Good Luck, I Love You All
With Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain delivers the Iraq War novel the literary world has been waiting for
by Ed Tarkington
May 16, 2012 As a novelist, Ben Fountain’s intentions are far from subtle. He is going for broke in his new novel, bringing together a variety of pressing contemporary themes in a story that is as emotionally stirring as it is both chastening and bizarrely funny. With Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Fountain has produced what may eventually stand as the definitive American Iraq War novel. Fountain will read from and discuss the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Published Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Inside the Nightmare
Novelist Sarah McCoy kneads together one family’s Third-Reich past and another’s Texas-border present
by Lyda Phillips
May 15, 2012 In The Baker’s Daughter Sarah McCoy delivers an intimate and nuanced view of people trapped in the nightmare culture of Aryan supremacy and draws an intriguing parallel to the current debate over immigration. McCoy will read from and discuss The Baker’s Daughter on May 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Parnassus Books in Nashville.
Published Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Briefly Noted
Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World
Cumberland House
272 pages
$16.99
The Titanic was the greatest ocean liner ever built and the news of its sinking 5 days into its maiden voyage, shocked the world. Captivated by the tragedy, audiences turned to the trusted Daily Telegraph hoping to find answers to questions of how the "unsinkable ship" could have ever gone down. Misinformation and erroneous reports of what exactly happened to the Titanic were numerous, and it was up to the Telegraph reporters to determine the truth. Focused entirely on media clippings and reporting from the time of the tragedy, Titanic is a ripped-from-the-headlines account of the sinking of the world's largest ship. -- From the Publisher |