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I’m excited to share my review of Didi Jackson’s wonderful collection, My Infinity. This is one of my favorite books of the year, and I hope you’ll check it out, especially if you love poems that are intimately tied to … Continue reading →

I’m happy to share my latest review for Chapter 16. In We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston evokes Romeo and Juliet’s teenage lovers amid a religious community’s fiery standoff with authorities that closely parallels the 1993 Waco siege. I especially … Continue reading →

I’m excited to share my latest for Chapter 16—a review of Richard Powers’ new novel, Playground. Last year, also for Chapter 16, I had the chance to write a personal reflection on Powers’ masterwork The Overstory and to participate in … Continue reading →

I’m excited to share my latest piece for Chapter 16—a poetry roundup of three debut collections by TN writers: Tara M. Stringfellow (Magic Enuff), Ben Groner III (Dust Storms May Exist), and Stephanie Choi (The Lengest Neoi). These books are … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to share my latest piece for Chapter 16, which is a review of Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future, edited by Rebecca Scott and Zane McNeill. From the piece: “Pushing against narratives of Appalachia that … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, Chapter 16 published my Q&A with children’s author Shannon Hitchcock about her new picture book, Of Words & Water. This book offers a beautiful introduction to the life and work of Appalachian author and environmentalist Wilma Dykeman. … Continue reading →

My first piece of the new year is up today at Chapter 16. I hope you’ll check out poet Jane Hicks’ new knockout collection, The Safety of Small Things. From my review (which you can read here): “Throughout East TN … Continue reading →

This week, Chapter 16 has rerun a piece I wrote in 2019 about an evolving lifelong fascination with Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” I loved writing this piece, and I’m so grateful to Maria Browning and Chapter 16 … Continue reading →

I’m excited to share my latest for Chapter 16. I love writing poetry roundup reviews, and these three memorable new collections are worth your time: Erin Hoover’s No Spare People, L.S. McKee’s Creature, Wing, Heart, Machine, and Shuly Xóchitl Cawood’s … Continue reading →

My latest review for Chapter 16, up this week, covers Cookeville writer Monic Ductan’s debut story collection, Daughters of Muscadine. These linked stories entangle the historical and psychological legacies of several generations of Black families in Muscadine, a fictional rural … Continue reading →