A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Looking Closely at the Weeds
Q & A
Q & A

Looking Closely at the Weeds

By Margaret Kingsbury

Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl discuss their latest collaboration, a nature book for children

With simple, poetic lines, The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends invites young readers to imagine they’re the animals in a garden where a weed is not something to be pulled up and eradicated but an essential, life-giving force. Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl will discuss The Weedy Garden at Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis on February 22, Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 24 and 28, David Lusk Gallery in Nashville on February 28, and Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville on March 19.
A Tale of Two Orphans
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

A Tale of Two Orphans

By Peggy Burch

In Kin, Tayari Jones creates two girls who find family in friendship
Glimpses of Vulnerability
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

Glimpses of Vulnerability

By Sara Beth West

Beth Ann Fennelly captures life in miniature
Soul Force
Soul Force
Q & A
Q & A

Soul Force

By Aram Goudsouzian

Emily Yellin discusses the memoir of the late Rev. James Lawson, “the architect of the nonviolent movement in America”
Art in the Face of Erasure
Book Reviews
Book Reviews

Art in the Face of Erasure

By Sarah Norris

Songs of the Dead Road is a survivor’s story grounded in place, memory, and music

Ways to Support the Work

Chapter 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).

Your donations help us continue to engage in the stories of the past and present to build a better future for Tennesseans. Contributions help make Chapter16 possible and ensure it remains free for the community. Individual gifts, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships help connect communities through shared stories and allow us all to build a better future for all Tennesseans.

 

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