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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 11, 2023

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air—moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh – felt as if it were being exhaled into one’s face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing.”   —Tom Robbins … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, September 18, 2017

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air – moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh – felt as if it were being exhaled into one’s face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing.”  — … Continue reading →

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