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Humanities Tennessee celebrates its 50th birthday in 2023, and we're marking the occasion at Chapter 16 by celebrating 50 great Tennessee books published since 1973. Check the website this Friday, June 9, for the first in a series of posts about these notable books. We'll also be featuring essays on selected titles from the list, followed by an online discussion that everyone is welcome to join. First up is Richard Powers' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory. Emily Choate's meditation on this extraordinary book will appear at Chapter 16 a week from today, June 12, and she'll lead a discussion on Facebook Live on July 18. Stay tuned for full details!
In other book chat opportunities, the Tennessee State Museum will host another TN Writers | TN Stories event on June 10 with Sheree Renée ThomasT discussing Africa Risen. This event is part of the museum's Juneteenth celebration. If you're in the Nashville area this Saturday, make plans to stop by.
Today at Chapter 16, Jane Marcellus reviews A Most Tolerant Little Town, Rachel Louise Martin's account of the 1957 struggle to desegregate the high school in Clinton, Tennessee. Last week, we revisited Faye Jones' remembrance of a bookish childhood, "Summer Reading"; Bradley Sides interviewed Chris Offutt about his rural noir thrillers; and Kashif Andrew Graham reviewed the much-anticipated new novel by Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans.
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