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Home Articles Links Stories from the Press Snippets Analecta 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 Apr~2003 featured articles May~2003 featured articles Jun~2003 featured articles Jul~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. Southern Talk “Willie Morris and Eudora Welty influenced my career immensely. I learned from them that the truly great are also truly modest, amenable to being edited, excruciatingly careful about anything they write for publication, and particular about deadlines. Both were warm and most generous in every way.” -- Seetha Srinivasan “B. B. King has defined the blues for millions of people, here at home and around the world. He has entertained audiences for more than 40 years and he has always been proud to call Mississippi home.” -- Gov. Ronnie Musgrove Mississippi "It was [Gregory Peck’s] role as Atticus [To Kill A Mockingbird] that won him an Oscar and created a legacy. Just days before Peck’s death, Peck’s Atticus was chosen the screen’s all-time No. 1 hero in a poll conducted by the American Film Institute.” -- Cynthia Tucker "Pimento cheese . . . was born in the South. It’s been fundamental to our bridge luncheons, picnic baskets, kids’ lunchboxes, afternoon teas, lunch counter menus, and light suppers since at least 1915." -- Kendra Myers “By God’s help, I’m going to try to make the world better and brighter by being here.” -- Walter Bellingrath “Peanut vendors and Mexican hot tamale salesmen peddled their wares. Fried catfish was proclaimed available in every restaurant window. Wagons bulging with huge green watermelons stood at every corner. Inside the bars . . . jukeboxes moaned and blasted.” -- Alan Lomax, 1942 “The mansion tour includes an audio guide with comments from Elvis’s ex-wife, Priscilla, about life at Graceland: ‘One time it was meatloaf. Meatloaf every night for six months.’" -- Steve Cheseborough Blues Traveling "Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within." -- Helen Keller "I don’t want to be a slave to my own willpower." -- Will D. Campbell "I understand the rules of war in politics. No one has practiced them more." -- Huey P. Long “Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.” -- Reba McEntire Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ___________________ ~Southern Speak~ “heapa” ~~lots of~~ “She’s gonna cry a heapa tears over that no-good rat.” For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002, 2003 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Aug/03

~August '03 Featured Articles~ ~~For more summer reading pleasure!~~ The Skinny On The Hamburger Helper Diet by Mitch Chase We welcome Alabama newspaper columnist Mitch Chase to USADEEPSOUTH. What a funny guy is this Mitch fellow. His story will fill your body with endorphins and bounteous belly laughs, and you’ll be the better for it, we promise. Whatcha Doing? by Charles Dowdy And here’s another great one from Charles Dowdy, probably the wittiest young man in USADEEPSOUTH territory. Newspapers should grab him. Mark my word, he’s the next Dave Barry. Review: New Stories from the South, 2003 by Augusta Russel Scattergood This new collection, edited by Shannon Ravenel, gets Gusty’s nod for August. Reviewed in Gusty’s delightful style, the stories sound intriguing. Ye Editor will definitely head to the bookstore for this annual offering. Elvis 101 by Beth Boswell Jacks Here is Ye Editor’s monthly contribution to the USADS files. And what better time to talk about Elvis than August, the month the “King of Rock ‘n Roll” died in 1977? Thousands of fans flock to Graceland in the Deep South heat, and Jacks is among them. Read about it. Sometimes We Just Have To Let Them Go by David Norris Writing from South Korea, David Norris sends this beautiful tribute to a very special man. Humor and sentiment--Norris captures it all. And the accompanying picture is nothing short of stunning. Terrific read. Uncle Willie and the New Car by Asa Sparks Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an Auburn ‘mobile, and it ain’t going nowhere. Read about Uncle Willie’s rescue. This one's a knee slapper. Fessin’ Up Is Hard To Do by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson How does Lonnye Sue remember all this stuff that happened years ago? She’s a favorite memoir writer here at USADS, keeping Ye Editor nostalgic for the Good Ol’ Days. Read and remember . . . Summer Memories by Kent Fletcher And here’s another pro in the memoir department. Kent Fletcher always brings back marvelous memories of days gone by. Don’t ever bypass one of Kent’s stories. They’re good ‘uns. Before The Music Died by Gene Goodson Mark Twain said “Southerners talk music.” Ye Editor says, “Gene Goodson writes music.” In this story Goodson’s melodic words and images will go straight to the reader’s heart. Trust me. You Can Go Home Again~~Pace, Mississippi by Walter Redden, Jr. Growing up in tiny Mississippi Delta towns like Pace afforded Walter Redden and so many other southern youngsters the chance to cross racial barriers and make life-long friends. Here Redden describes “going home” to speak at the funeral of one of those cherished friends. Sweet story from a dear man. Grammaw and Grampaw by Joyce Rapier This excerpt from Rapier’s book, Windy John’s, me ‘n tut, will sit you right slap on the porch beside two of the nicest people you’d ever want to meet. But watch out for the “terbakkie,” and don’t say we didn’t warn you! The Halfway Store by Tom Givens Let the Judge take you to a place where “conversation is more important than sugar and flour.” You might even want to stay a spell and chew the fat, reckon? Spoonerisms by Marshall Dean Know what a “Spoonerism” is? Marshall Dean tells us in this clever essay. Go here with a clear mind, or else. Summer Recipes submitted by USADEEPSOUTH Readers Whatcha gonna cook in the summertime when the living is supposed to be easy? Here are suggestions for quick, easy, and delicious dishes from the recipe collections of our readers. Send us more! ___________________________ And why not enjoy these "oldies but goodies"? Delivery Window -- Robert Hall Miz Chili Pepper -- Beth Boswell Jacks Reflections -- Jim Goudelock African-American History Resources -- Nancy P. Suber A Slickening Story -- Wes Wilson Fiddle Man -- David Davis Floyd Shaman: Sculptor -- Beth Boswell Jacks Parking -- Tom Givens Peach Kuchen (Cobbler) -- Amanda Wilkes Roa Grandmother’s Front Porch -- Jan Risher Belize -- Valerie Clark Grits On My Overalls -- Jennifer Burgess Growing Up Apart With Jimmy Carter -- Hugh Frank Smith Mississippi - Second Time Around -- Bob Civin Montgomery, Alabama -- Maxine Sommers Material Spirit -- Carl Schultz My South -- Robert St. John

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