Words and photos by Ken Billett April 16, 2021, 12:10 pm—Today’s adventure starts at The Blue Biscuit in Indianola, Mississippi. The Biscuit is a funky…
Read More Delta Dispatches: A Blues Traveler’s Diary, Part TwoCategory: Literature
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Magic, Madness, Mystery, Magnificence
W. Ralph Eubanks explores the literary tradition in Mississippi By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org For a state with relatively few people, Mississippi has produced some of…
Read More Magic, Madness, Mystery, MagnificenceThe arts, communing with the human soul
“For me, art is a way of communicating. It’s like having a good conversation.” ~Beth Winterburn Feature photo by Beth Winterburn By Candace Echols Yesterday,…
Read More The arts, communing with the human soulY’all, there’s nothin’ like ‘Y’all’
By Candace Echols My daughter has recently started saying “you guys” to her father and me. I’m not ashamed to tell you that we correct…
Read More Y’all, there’s nothin’ like ‘Y’all’The Keys to a Better Life
Photographer Andrew Feiler documents the Rosenwald Schools of the Jim Crow South By Chris Moody, for Chapter16.org While researching his book, A Better Life for Their…
Read More The Keys to a Better LifeTurning Back Evil
Hell on the Border continues the true story of a larger-than-life lawman By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org In Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, Sidney Thompson…
Read More Turning Back EvilA Christian Responds to an Atheist on Good Friday
By Candace Echols It’s Easter weekend, and I’m a Christian. Typing that statement still fills me with angst. Not because of Christ, no, but because of…
Read More A Christian Responds to an Atheist on Good FridayGreen Thumb, Blue Heart
By Ken Billett Over the years, gardening has grown into an obsession. Forgive the pun. But what started as seasonal maintenance—replanting and mulching flower beds…
Read More Green Thumb, Blue HeartThe Gray Man goes to Berlin, and the movies
The 10th thriller in the Gray Man series follows news of a Netflix film By Peggy Burch, for Chapter16.org Mark Greaney’s invincible assassin Court Gentry…
Read More The Gray Man goes to Berlin, and the moviesCalling Evangelicals to Account
Anthea Butler speaks with prophetic candor in White Evangelical Racism By David Dark, for Chapter16.org When religion and politics, the twin abstractions, seem to come at…
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