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Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word    “Borders and Belonging”      Borders — real and imagined — are reminders that we all have notions of Learn More…

MARY ANNE CATON & KASHIF GRAHAM The Southern Festival of Books is a celebration of the written word. For some, it’s also a homecoming. A return to a community unified Learn More…

The Authors In The Round dinner steering committee and Humanities Tennessee staff have chosen to take a hiatus with this event in 2019. This one-of-a-kind gathering of Festival authors, our Learn More…

The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, announced the first list of its highly anticipated lineup of authors, presenters, programs and activities for its 31st anniversary Learn More…

Join Humanities Tennessee on Thursday, July 18th, for the 2019 Southern Festival of Books Reveal Party at Smith & Lentz Brewing Co.! We will announce the initial author list for Learn More…

Margaret Renkl, the founding editor of Chapter16.org, the literary website of Humanities Tennessee, will step down May 31 after ten years. Current managing editor Maria Browning will assume the editorship Learn More…

Humanities Tennessee conducts and supports public humanities programming across the state. We focus on local history, literary arts, and civic life, and our work sparks conversations and builds stronger communities Learn More…