Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeIn the News, Summer 2024“In the News” provides a sampling of stories, articles, or reviews about beliefs, myths, and narratives in Southern in culture since 1970.Aug 15Aug 15
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeThe Best GlassesRepublished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by DeLane PhillipsAug 10Aug 10
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeHealing Springs on God’s AcreRepublished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by Pilar DiPietroAug 10Aug 10
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeMembers OnlyRepublished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by Margaret Donovan BauerAug 10Aug 10
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeReview: “My Cousin Vinny” (1992)Republished from “Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore,” which focuses on beliefs, myths, and narratives in Southern culture since 1970May 30May 30
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeReading “Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State” by Andrew Gelman, et al. (2008)My hope is for a strong two-party presence with competitive elections and good public policy that emerges from compromises.May 9May 9
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeWatching “The Harvest” from American Experience on PBSReleased in 2023, “The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools” shares a story of youth and race in Leland.Mar 12Mar 12
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeReading Alexander P. Lamis’ “Southern Politics in the 1990s” (1999)The 1990s were among the middle years, the decade when the two-party South of the 1970s and 1980s was giving way.Feb 27Feb 27
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeHold Steady and Stick Together: A Rumination on School-Choice VouchersI’ve been listening to narratives about it since the mid-1980s, when my parents pulled me out of public school.Jan 25Jan 25
Foster DicksoninNobody’s HomeSurprised by StrangersRepublished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by DeLane PhillipsNov 28, 2023Nov 28, 2023