By Evan Friss This isn’t really a book review. The Bookshop is way too complex (and long!) for me to…
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It was the fall of 1963. An iconic time for me and others at Chastain Junior High School in Jackson,…
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“Pops” (aka Dr. William/Father Basil/Bill Cushman) and I took a wonderful week-long trip to New York City the last week…
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I just got a signed copy of Corey Mesler’s wonderful new book of poetry, Vitamins for Ygdrasil and Other Poems.…
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I’ve just started reading a new book, JOURNEY TO SIMPLICITY: The Life and Wisdom of Archimandrite Roman Braga by Daniel…
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Back in 2013, someone on Facebook suggested a fun, quick, creative activity, which I jumped on right away. You choose…
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(Part 1, for me, happened earlier, as I wrote about in my novel John and Mary Margaret.) Written in the…
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This will be a short post, because I’m sharing an interview I gave at ROOTED MAGAZINE recently. “Mississippi Expat: Susan…
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I’m not a big fan of sacrifice. Or suffering. Not even “mild” sacrifice/suffering like participating in the fasting calendar for…
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I was so glad when my friend Pat Morgan (in photo with Mayor Young, at left) called to invite me…
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