10 must-read Southern books this fall
Now that we’re brushing the sand from our feet and closing the book on summer’s hottest beach reads, it’s time to tuck in to meatier literary fare as the shorter days and colder nights of autumn approach. Here are 10 Southern books we recommend reading this fall....
Imagine No Big Cities
Remember John Lennon’s silly song, “Imagine”? Well, here’s my (much shorter) version. Imagine if some of the biggest cities in America seceded from their states. Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Pennsylvania without Philadelphia, California...
News From Around The South 8/17 to 8/23
VIRGINIA: Virginia Museum of Fine Art Revels in Black Culture Did somebody say “Cheese Trail?” Well, I’m here for it. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and I’m here with the week’s essential arts news and more art...
Agfhanistan: Aftermath of A Debacle
In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back in power....
What We Still Don’t Know About Emmet Till’s Murder
The dentist was a few minutes late, so I waited by the barn, listening to a northern mockingbird in the cypress trees. His tires kicked up dust when he turned off Drew Ruleville Road and headed across the bayou toward his house. He got out of his truck still wearing...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: 250 years after the start of the Revolutionary War, a divided America battles over its legacy LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before Read More