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Southern Lamentations
Southern Lamentations by Gary Wright A lot of folks pray for eternal life that can’t occupy themselves on a rainy afternoon. Southerners don’t merely have funerals. We hold death events. Historically, funerals have been held to bury and honor the … Continue reading
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A Broken Wing: A Short Story by Gary Wright
A Broken Wing A Short Story by Gary Wright “Give to others what you most desperately want.” Old Uncle Albert was always around. He’d been there for as far back as I can remember. I was seven years old before … Continue reading
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Johnny and the Fighting Bear
“Johnny and the Fighting Bear” By Mollie Smith Waters Growing up, I used to hear this story about how two of my uncles got into a fight with a bear. This story is my imagining, and other family member’s retelling … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 10, 2017
“Summer in the Deep South is not only a season, a climate, it’s a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.” ― Eugene F. Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim Photo: Deborah … Continue reading
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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 19, 2017 by Sally Mann
“To identify a person as a Southerner suggests not only that her history is inescapable and formative but that it is also impossibly present. Southerners live uneasily at the nexus between myth and reality, watching the mishmash amalgam of … Continue reading
This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 12, 2017
“Magic of Southern expressions? Similes and metaphorical allusions. They are the yellow highlighter of conversation.” ― Tim Heaton
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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
they think they’re right, and you’re wrong
“Atticus, you must be wrong.” “How’s that?” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong. . .” “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said … Continue reading
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