The End of Literature? Not on Our Watch
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
20-9-2016 10:00 AM
Description
In 2009, during the worst quarter of the Great Recession, American publishing seemed to be on life support. Bookstores were closing daily. Publishing houses had put new-book acquisitions on hold indefinitely. Books already scheduled for publication emerged into media silence—publishers couldn’t afford to advertise new titles, and newspapers, gasping for existence themselves, had fired their book reviewers. That’s when Humanities Tennessee launched Chapter16.org, a site designed to serve as a digital hub for the literary life of the state. In a partnership between our state humanities council and local newspapers across Tennessee, Chapter 16 introduces new voices in local literature, provides a platform for new work by established writers and encourages an audience for author appearances at bookstores, universities and libraries around the state. This presentation will offer an online tour of Chapter 16 and tell the story of an innovative partnership between the digital humanities and dead-tree publishing.
Recommended Citation
Renkl, Margaret, "The End of Literature? Not on Our Watch" (2016). Humanities Symposium. 24.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2016/2016/24
The End of Literature? Not on Our Watch
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
In 2009, during the worst quarter of the Great Recession, American publishing seemed to be on life support. Bookstores were closing daily. Publishing houses had put new-book acquisitions on hold indefinitely. Books already scheduled for publication emerged into media silence—publishers couldn’t afford to advertise new titles, and newspapers, gasping for existence themselves, had fired their book reviewers. That’s when Humanities Tennessee launched Chapter16.org, a site designed to serve as a digital hub for the literary life of the state. In a partnership between our state humanities council and local newspapers across Tennessee, Chapter 16 introduces new voices in local literature, provides a platform for new work by established writers and encourages an audience for author appearances at bookstores, universities and libraries around the state. This presentation will offer an online tour of Chapter 16 and tell the story of an innovative partnership between the digital humanities and dead-tree publishing.
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Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts and Sciences