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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 21, 2023
“Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon and after their three o’clock naps. And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, December 15, 2020
“We saw Uncle Jack every Christmas, and every Christmas he yelled across the street for Miss Maudie to come marry him. Miss Maudie would yell back, “Call a little louder, Jack Finch, and they’ll hear you at the post office.” … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 9, 2020
I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class southern life. —Harper Lee Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 6, 2020
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” —Harper Lee Art: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, February 10, 2020
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.“ —Harper Lee Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 25, 2018
“Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon and after their three o’clock naps. And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, January 29, 2018
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience —Harper Lee Art: Deborah Fagan Carpenter
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 30, 2017
““The weather was unusually warm for the last day of October. The wind was growing stronger, and there was no moon. The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on the Radley house. I heard Jem laugh softly, ‘Bet … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 16, 2017
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see … Continue reading
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Only the Children
Only the Children by Deborah Fagan Carpenter “Atticus—” …said Jem bleakly. “How could they do it, how could they?” “I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it … Continue reading