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Chapter 16 is an online literary publication of Humanities Tennessee that provides comprehensive coverage of Tennessee's literary news and events.

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The soup pot is a portal to a universe of flavor. Nashville poet Major Jackson understands this strange magic and celebrates it in A BOWL OF GOODNESS: NOURISHING POEMS WITH A SIDE OF SOUP, a collection of poems and occasional recipes that brings together the work of Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Natasha Trethewey, Joy Harjo, and many more. Read Sara Beth West’s review at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

“We’d all heard the rumors. Of a white van. And its frightening pilot: a woman whose giant eyes stood on the edges of their sockets, threatening to jump. The Bug-Eyed Lady.”

Read Rolli’s essay about a mysterious woman who haunted his childhood. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

“If I hadn’t been reading Nancy Drew that day, we probably wouldn’t have gone to the haunted house.”
Read “Vanleer Ghost,” Jane Marcellus’ account of a mysterious presence in her relatives’ Dickson County home. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

LOVE, LIKE APPLES by Nashville novelist Jeff Zentner inhabits the vivid cultural climate of 1970s New York City, as a band of puppeteers struggle to create a TV show for teenagers. Romantic entanglements complicate the project. The author will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on November 2. Read Peggy Burch’s review of the novel at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

“Fanfiction was like the seedy underground labyrinth of the internet, a place for extreme fangirls and boys to daydream about their favorite characters in new situations, like children playing make-believe with their dolls. It was a foreign world to me, one I had only a marginal interest in learning more about.”
Read Abby N. Lewis’ essay about the unexpected personal revelation she experienced through fanfiction. This piece is a frank account of coming to terms with pain and trauma. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

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Linda Gambill’s THE GEOGRAPHY OF DESIRE follows her youthful sojourn in The Gambia as a Peace Corps volunteer, an experience that taught her new ways to see the world and ultimately led her home to Tennessee. Read Sarah Norris’ review of the memoir at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

In Erin Miller Reid’s BUT FOR FORTUNE, we meet Corinth Eaton, who appears to be a thriving young woman on the verge of having everything she’s ever wanted. Except she’s not.
Reid will discuss the novel at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on November 12. Read Jessica Ciccarelli’s review of the novel at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

One day, a young Alabama farm boy named Charlie wakes up to the sudden, violent appearance of a volcano in his family’s cow pasture. This perplexing event reshapes all of their lives. Bradley Sides will discuss THE VOLCANO KEEPER at the 2026 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 17-18, at Novel in Memphis on October 22, and at The Book & Cover in Chattanooga on November 3. Read Emily Choate’s review of the novella at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

In Yiyun Li’s MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT, two young musical prodigies endure heartbreak and loss before finding love and fame in an era of upheaval in Europe. Yiyun Li will discuss the novel at Parnassus Books on October 15 as part of the 2026 Southern Festival of Books. Read Sean Kinch’s review of MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

Silas House’s THE TULIP POPLARS tells the story of four friends who come together as children in the fictional mountain town of Bright Star, Kentucky, and how their complicated relationships change and grow over five decades. Silas House will appear at the 2026 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 17-18 and St. James Episcopal Church in Knoxville on October 22. Read Tina Chambers’ review of the novel at Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16

In CORMAC MCCARTHY: A LEGACY REVISITED, author Tracy Daugherty tells the story of a literary icon who lived life to the fullest and a flawed man who put the writing above all else. David Wesley Williams reviews the book for Chapter 16. (Link in bio.) by @chapter.16