By Candace Echols In my former life, I played a little semi-professional basketball in Britain. I know. It’s as shocking to me now as it…
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Sin Child: Hope and Recovery from Loss and Abuse in Rural Mississippi
Angela Howard’s Sin Child recalls a troubled life, but offers a hopeful guide to recovery from trauma By Angela Howard Sin Child is an autobiography…
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Today I need good
By Candace Echols I am so tired, So tired of the tough, So tired of reading about all the world’s stuff. Today I need good, I…
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The laughter we can’t live without
By Candace Echols Last week, I had the opportunity to drop into the lives of three people and interview them for another publication. When I…
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Loss of Contact
“countless rows of black lines, and crossed out names, numbers and addresses mark those spots like dark clusters of moss and vine-covered tombstones in an…
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Unforseen fissures from a fractured year
“Brief, awkward exchanges reveal we differ on thoughts about pandemic life. It’s unsettling.” By Candace Echols Recognizing my old friends’ faces when I see them…
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Life, Breath, and Death
Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time Coming is an elegy and a call to action By Kashif Andrew Graham for Chapter16.org “I can’t breathe.” Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time…
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A Park for the People
Brooks Lamb tells the history of Overton Park through the eyes of Memphians Originally published by Chapter16 February 21, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16.org…
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Ice Storm Memories, Revisited
By Ken Billett Bouncing off the snow, the glare is almost blinding. Today is the first blue sky we’ve seen in four days. Every neighbor’s…
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Power in the Word
Southern Word connects young people to their voices, each other By Ciona Rouse, for Chapter16.org Benjamin Smith doesn’t really believe in the extraordinary young person.…
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