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Alabama's Own Wickedly Spicy Wickles Pickles---Made in Dadeville, AL
(Feb 5th, 13:54)
2011 was the year of Alabama music, and2012is the year of Alabama food. Several months ago I wrote about two phenomenal products read more...
Rebecca Meredith, Author of The Last of the Pascagoula, Has Alabama Roots
(Jan 21st, 12:03)
I discovered Rebecca Woods Meredith when I received a copy of her read more...
Alabama Born, Auburn Educated Octavia Spencer Wins Golden Globe
(Jan 16th, 13:50)
The 2011 fall issue of the Auburn University alumni magazine featured a stunning photo of Octavia Spencer on the cover, not as Minny, read more...
New Orleans in Alabama: Brenda Marie Osbey--and Lagniappe--Poet Jane Hirshfield
(Nov 13th 2011, 19:21)
This October I traveled to New Orleans to see my good friends
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas
(Oct 12th 2011, 16:01)
Some Girls Live In Texas A never-before-seen Rolling Stones concert, filmed live in Ft. Worth, titled read more...
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Review of: Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles
(Rhino) Released in 1972 on Bearsville Records, Bobby Charles features musical guests such as
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Making Merry in the Marigny: FMIA Tour of Homes, New Orleans
Visitors to New Orleans who think the city is defined by the French Quarter and the Garden District are in for a delightful surprise when they wander past Esplanade and across Elysian Fields into the fabulous Faubourg Marigny. Popularly known as the location read more...
Matthew Nolan: Crumpled Paper Dolls and Exhuming Juliet.
"My pen sustains me, " writes poet Matthew Nolan in his poem "Muddy Hearts" from his first volume of poetry and prose Crumpled Paper Dolls (2004). Nolan, through his poetry, strives tomake meaning in an apparently senseless world. Recently on the radio show
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The Grayson Capps Interview: The Zen of Grayson Capps
The Zen of Grayson Capps By James Calemine From wonder into wonder existence opens. Lao Tzu Grayson Capps was driving somewhere on Alabama's Gulf Coast when I called him last Thursday. The following day, he began to tour in support of his new studio album
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut
The Preston Lauterbach Interview: Cultural Innards of the Chitlin' Circut By James Calemine Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin' Circut And The Road to Rock 'N' Roll-- traverses new ground in the history of American music literature. read more...