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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In Erica Wright’s The Museum of Unusual Occurrence, Alcyone “Aly” Orlean is a 20-something skeptic who runs an oddities museum and looks after her teenage sister. With no parents to help her, Aly’s got a lot on her plate. Then a dead body turns up. Wright will discuss the novel at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on April 9 and Plenty Bookshop in Cookeville on April 16.
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