Murder overshadows a caving expedition at a unique tourist attraction in the 1930s
In Ruby Falls, the latest novel by Gin Phillips, eight people enter a Tennessee cave for a publicity stunt that does not go according to plan, and one winds up dead. Who among them is the murderer?
Don Cusic and Mary Ellen Pethel survey the life of a beloved Opry icon
I’ve been terrified of mascots for nearly my entire life
From Radnor Lake to Lower Broad, Susan Finch’s vivid characters traverse love and loss in Nashville
World War II and free-flowing alcohol on the European front gifted Billy with addiction
Ways to Support the WorkChapter 16, launched in October 2009, is an online journal about books, writers, and literary events in Tennessee and serves as the state affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
We cover novels set here; histories involving Tennessee events or locations; authors who live here, were born or educated here; and out-of-state writers when they give readings or participate in book signings anywhere in the state. We also publish original poems and essays by prominent Tennessee authors (including previews of their works in progress).
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