Talk to the heat A poem by Michael B. Conway Talk to the heat; it’ll make madness seem sane.Listen to it screech cicada screamsat straw…
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Stax in my Soul
By Ken Billett On a warm Saturday afternoon in late May, my birthday week celebration came to an end at the Stax Museum of American…
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Confederate Square
By Michael B. Conway A pyramid of cannonballs beneath a naked flagpole, as bees drink Coca Cola from a green glass bottle stem, Salvation Army…
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Peace, Love, and Doodles
“Is that a sheep-a-doodle?” The question came from an older gentleman, kindness behind his eyes. In past seasons of life, had I been asked such…
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Happy Birthday, Spiderman
Great fortunes in my treatment for stage IV metastatic melanoma By Ken Billett Seated in a waiting area just outside the Radiology department, a man…
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Notes from the second row: The grit n’ poetry of Grizzlies basketball
The Grizzlies season may be over, but the poetry will go on By Candace Echols People prioritize things. My husband and I love a good…
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Birthday Week: May 17
May Seventeenth By Ken Billett The metal slug lies in a small slot inside my wooden lap desk—the kind of old item you might find…
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The Spaces Between People
Corey Mesler shares a few thoughts on antiheroes, privacy, and prolificity By Maria Browning, for Chapter16.org The titular protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel, The Diminishment…
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Seeing Yourself in the Story
Heather Truett on her debut novel and bringing more neurodivergent voices to publishing By Sara Beth West for Chapter16.org Heather Truett’s debut young adult novel, Kiss…
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Mercy
By Candace Echols Today I stepped out in the Birmingham air. It smelled better than coffee, it smelled like a prayer. It awakened my spirit,…
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