Scott Williams, Townmania: Marcus Winchester and the Making of Memphis Marcus Winchester (1796–1856) devoted his life to transforming the small settlement on the fourth Chickasaw bluff into a thriving center of…
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Chapter 16
Literary News and Events for Tennessee Readers
An online journal about books, writers, and literary events in Tennessee, Chapter 16 also serves as the state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
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We are thrilled to welcome René Dillard to the Humanities Tennessee staff as our new Director of Development. In this role, she oversees our organization’s fundraising strategy and stewardship, focusing…
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Rickey Fayne reimagines the Mephistophelean myth in his sumptuous novel The Devil Three Times, a multigenerational Black saga that limns the Atlantic slave trade, the Jim Crow South, and even the legend of blues maestro Robert Johnson.
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