Desirée O’Clair always felt like the Pegasus on the gas-station sign in Centerville, Kentucky: She wanted to fly away from home, as some Southerners do.
In a Hot Springs, Arkansas, bookshop, Ms. Christy told the young clerk the same stories again and again. Still, she brought him “the soothing peace of good company.”
C.D. Wright engendered enduring devotion from those she taught and read her poems to — simple glories, unsung heroes, little things that make us smile.
“Crazy in Alabama” author Mark Childress was delighted when a Hungarian director decided to stage an opera from his novel “Georgia Bottoms.” The problem came when the Hungarians to decide to use … um … a certain appliance.
Men can be part of the solution in the ongoing battle against the “Creepy Guys” of the world if they would stand alongside women to stop unwanted touching and harassment.
Old Bull is a throwback, a tough-as-nails football coach. But all his years spent on the gridiron will be put to the test when faced with his most grueling opponent yet — cancer.
When he moved from his home in Virginia down to North Carolina, Matt Shipman was welcomed “to the South” by the Carolinians. And it made him wonder, how far south must you be to be considered Southern?
As the old living spaces become somewhat new in downtown Nashville, the buildings with the longest memories have the greatest demand and are striking a chord with folks looking to live in them again.
Because of the encroachment and abuse by mankind, the Atchafalaya, a remarkable reminder of what once was an unspoiled wonder, is slowly losing its battle to remain beautiful one cypress tree at a time.
Nothing ever comforted Christy Sasser as much as her Granny singing "You Are My Sunshine." This story is about where the sunshine went after Granny left this earth.