Kara’s Bean
By LYNN PINKERTON After a roller coaster of strange winter weather, I find myself catapulted into a string of juicy,
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Brief, insightful essays for the New Southerner
Lost on Earth Day
By KIMBERLY ANDERSON On Earth Day 1990, I took a class trip to Washington, D.C., with my high school history
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By JANNA MCMAHAN Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs got nothing to do Some machine is
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By GLENDA BARRETT When my great grandmother, Sallie, grew old, she moved in with my grandmother, better known as “Mamaw”
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ESSAY By D. CAMERON LAWRENCE Growing up in southern New England in the 1960s and ’70s—pre-sprawl—I had what many children
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By BRIAN LOWRY A few years ago I attended the Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference sponsored by the Community Farm
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