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In 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 15

In the News, Summer 2024

Aug 15

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The Best Glasses

Republished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by DeLane Phillips

Aug 10

The Best Glasses

Aug 10

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Healing Springs on God’s Acre

Republished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by Pilar DiPietro

Aug 10

Healing Springs on God’s Acre

Aug 10

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Members Only

Republished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by Margaret Donovan Bauer

Aug 10

Members Only

Aug 10

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Review: “My Cousin Vinny” (1992)

Republished from “Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore,” which focuses on beliefs, myths, and narratives in Southern culture since 1970

May 30

May 30

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Reading “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 9

May 9

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Watching “The Harvest” from American Experience on PBS

Released in 2023, “The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools” shares a story of youth and race in Leland.

Mar 12

Watching “The Harvest” from American Experience on PBS

Mar 12

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Reading 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 27

Feb 27

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Hold Steady and Stick Together: A Rumination on School-Choice Vouchers

I’ve been listening to narratives about it since the mid-1980s, when my parents pulled me out of public school.

Jan 25

Hold Steady and Stick Together: A Rumination on School-Choice Vouchers

Jan 25

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Surprised by Strangers

Republished from “Nobody’s Home,” an essay by DeLane Phillips

Nov 28, 2023

Surprised by Strangers

Nov 28, 2023

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Foster Dickson

writer, editor, & award-winning teacher in Montgomery, AL | editor of “Nobody’s Home” | proud Gen X | www.fosterdickson.com

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