Chapter 16 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In her latest novel, Stealing, Margaret Verble probes the ugly history of institutionalizing Native children through the story of one little girl in 1950s Oklahoma. Verble will appear at @ParnassusBooks1 in Nashville on February 9. https://t.co/LPyNDgIoC0

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. @pengshepherd’s The Cartographers is an otherworldly thriller that will appeal to fans of V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library. https://chapter16.org/defining-ones-place-in-the-world/

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Katy Simpson Smith’s The Weeds links the stories of two unnamed women, working in different centuries, who both find themselves apprenticed to male botanists cataloguing every species of plant growing among the stones of the Roman Colosseum. https://t.co/TipvtM9N0k

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Percival Everett’s Dr. No is much ado about nothing. But in this novel, his 23rd, Everett explores the idea that perhaps nothing is something. Or everything. https://t.co/wSA0j0O3Ni

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.@roofbeam returns w/ THE ELECTRIC KINGDOM, an achingly beautiful & timely book that transcends simple classification. Arnold will discuss THE ELECTRIC KINGDOM at a virtual event hosted by @ParnassusBooks1 on February 11. Read Bradley Sides' review today. https://t.co/avg4JTBa5f

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BLACK PANTHER: TALES OF WAKANDA, an anthology edited by Memphis native @jessejholland, joins the Afrofuturism tradition through multiple perspectives on the world of Marvel’s T’Challa. Read @cionar's feature today: https://chapter16.org/afrofuturism-and-the-art-of-seeing/

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David Wesley Williams takes readers on a post-apocalyptic journey from Nashville to Memphis in his latest novel, the rambunctious and rollicking Everybody Knows. Williams will discuss Everybody Knows at Burke’s Book Store in Memphis on January 19. https://t.co/O0V6NC5WYc

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In Tom Piazza’s novel The Auburn Conference, an idealistic scholar arranges a meeting of famous writers in 1883 to debate the meaning of America. Piazza will discuss the book at @BurkesBks in Memphis on May 11. https://t.co/Htpx8iVeon

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Frank X Walker’s A Is for Affrilachia, illustrated by upfromsumdirt, is a picture book for all ages. https://t.co/spNdJfnHw5

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A good whodunit doesn’t take itself too seriously, and Cherie Priest’s Flight Risk hits a sweet spot between Murder, She Wrote and Gone Girl. https://t.co/29iS7rMm1n

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