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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 ___________________ 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 "I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation, but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesue; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why." - Flannery O'Connor, writer and Georgian "There's a sense of graciousness and kindness in the South that you don't have anywhere else. Plus, we have a terrible time trying to find good pork barbeque in New York." -- Kenneth Jackson, history professor Tennessee native "All Southerners go home sooner or later, even if in a box." -- Truman Capote, writer and Alabama native "I'm as pure as the driven slush." -- Tallulah Bankhead, actress and Alabama native Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Click here! ___________________ ~Southern Speak~ "LAY BY" To harvest a crop~~ "Mama and I gon' go to Florida after the crop's laid by." For more great Southern expressions, please click here. @2001, 2002 All Rights Reserved Best viewed on IE Updated Nov., 2002

~November '02 Featured Articles~ Getting My Mojo Workin' by Beth Boswell Jacks Published in Simon & Schuster's CHOCOLATE series, this little story takes us back to the '50s, to the beginnings of rock 'n roll, and to the teachings of a dilly of a dancer. The Last Train by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson The last passenger train was scheduled to come through her little Mississippi Delta town, and Lonnye Sue would be on it, thanks to an adoring dad. Elvis Forever . . . and Ever by Lonnye Sue Sims Pearson Another good one from LSSP! She's from Mississippi, right? She should know Elvis, right? What? She's never made the pilgrimage to Tupelo? What kind of Southerner is she? Family Resemblance by Jeanette Williams Davis Genealogy is Jeanette Davis's love, and in this article she describes a special reunion . . . and the joy of tracing family roots. Reflections by Jim Goudelock Jim Goudelock writes this wonderful essay on American diversity. Don't miss it! Dear Mr. Langley by Annie Slater Annie Slater shares this letter wherein she describes the unique qualities she finds in southern writing. Good one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And why not enjoy these "oldies but goodies"? Deep South Holiday Travel by Hugh Frank Smith Eudora Welty: 1909 - 2001 by Mary Pat Hyland Adventures in a Korean Hospital by Bill Boswell, Jr. Mississippi Boy Remembers Viet Nam by Clyde L. Boswell Belize: Dream Vacation by Valerie Clark Blue Willow Inn, Georgia by Beverly C. Lucey Waiting For Elvis by Roberta B. Jacobson Hanging Out At The Tienda by Betty W. Beamguard Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi by Edward Cohen The Delivery Window by Robert L. Hall Southern Girl in Shanghai by Jennifer Morgan Remembering Doc Ringold by Jon Austin Hill

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