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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 12, 2021

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“April that year came sudden and still, and the green of the trees was a wild bright green. The pale wisterias bloomed all over town, and silently the blossoms shattered.” — Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding Photo: Deborah … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 23, 2018

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “Early in the mornings it was a little cool and their shadows stretched out tall on the sidewalk in front of them. But in the middle of the day the sky was always blazing hot. The glare was so … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 16, 2018

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The spring of that year had been a long queer season. Things began to change and Frankie did not understand this change. After the plain gray winter, the March winds banged on the windowpanes, and clouds were shirred and white … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 13, 2017

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall. — Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories   Mixed media painting: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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