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Home Articles Links Stories from the Press Snippets Message Board Editor's Bio Bulletin Board Submissions Free Update E-mail Link to USADS Oct~2002 featured articles Nov~2002 featured articles Dec~2002 featured articles Jan~2003 featured articles Feb~2003 featured articles Mar~2003 featured articles ___________________ ARTICLES ABOUT SOUTHERN PEOPLE AND PLACES . . . AND ANYTHING ELSE WE FANCY! One of the best sites on the Net for readers, writers, storytellers, travelers, nostalgia buffs, and gossips. ___________________ Congratulations to Charles Dowdy Named Humor Writer for April by the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop at the Univ. of Dayton [Ohio] ___________________ Southern Talk "Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers, letter savers, history tracers and debaters, and, outstaying all the rest, great talkers." -- Eudora Welty "[This was] one of those lovely mist mornings of late spring when every flower in New Orleans seems to melt and mix with the air.” -- Lillian Hellman "The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people. I’ve gotten back at lawyers, prosecutors, judges, law professors, and politicians. I just line ‘em up and shoot ‘em." -- John Grisham Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ________________ ~Southern Speak~ “In a sull” ~~sulking~~ “Harriet’s all in a sull ‘cause her mama won’t let her go to the Cotillion.” For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Apr/03

~April '03 Featured Articles~ USADEEPSOUTH BOOK NOTES with Gusty Russel Scattergood Enjoy Gusty Scattergood’s second review. This month she discusses Rick Bragg’s All Over But The Shoutin’. If this award winning book has slipped by you, read this review, then get to a bookstore or a library. Trust us. _______________________ For great Spring reading! My Natural Home by Kristen Twedt Hattiesburg (Miss.) American columnist Kristen Twedt pens this beautiful tribute to the South. We welcome Kristen to our list of USADS writers. Readers are in for a treat! If You Hang a Gourd, They'll Come by Hugh Frank Smith Veteran journalist Hugh Frank Smith gets all kinds of advice on this "attracting martins" puzzle. Read this. Hugh Frank can set you straight. Grits in the Sand by Amanda Gilbert-Yazdani What’s it like for an Alabama girl to find herself living in the Middle East? This interesting article was pulled from the USADS archives to help us understand the culture of this area of our turbulent world. Small Towns and the Three Second Intersection Rule by Charles W. Dowdy Dowdy does it again. With Dave Barry-esque precision, he pokes us in the funny bone. Need a smile right now? Here’s the place. Queen Wannabe Yearns For Worldwide Parade by Beth Boswell Jacks Demure and dignified, USADS editor Beth Jacks agreed to become a “sleazy Mahaya” for one whole weekend. In her purple wig, she strutted down Capitol Street and decided there’s no way blonds have more fun. Click here for STRUMPET pictures! Beth promises you'll hear no more about this--till 2004. Akumal, Mexico by Wes Wilson And now’s the time Southerners call forth fond thoughts of ocean breezes. Let Wes Wilson take you to sun ‘n sand--he can do it! Memphis and the Delta by Tom Givens Judge Tom shares memories of carefree childhood days in the “capital of North Mississippi.” Did he rub elbows with Elvis? Probably and maybe. Laundry Day by Kent Fletcher This is a story about a cat named Prook, a man named Robert Earl, and a bunch of dirty laundry. Yep, you heard me. January Soup~in April by Don Drane Ye Editor accidentally lost this one in January, so here it is in April--a divine recipe good all year long! Don Drane can be counted on to serve us something fine. Whaddaya think? The ‘59 by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson Most of us have had a clunker at some point in our lives. Ye Editor’s was a ‘55 black Hudson. Lonnye Sue’s was a ‘59 Biscayne. See if this goody doesn’t bring back memories! Even More Southern Expressions from off the Net If you’re crazy about Southern Speak, here’s another list for you. The expressions are authentic . . . and they’re funny, even to Southerners. Y’allbonics from off the Net Have another dose of Southmouth. Good one!

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