Late Saturday afternoon, I stood in our walk-in closet tucking a golf shirt into my jeans, watching my reflection in the long mirror. I slid…
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In Memoriam, 2020
This retired school teacher reflects on a year of loss, and lessons By Mark Scott It has been a very long and traumatic year. Like…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: October 7, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent writes another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 30, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reflects on the differences and similarities between the Covid-19 pandemic and World War II in another letter to Colonel…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 23, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent surveys the disruptions of American life due to the Covid-19 pandemic in another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating,…
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I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe. It’s time we acknowledge our collective trauma.
OPINION By Marissa Kizer “A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point of disillusionment with past ways and values. They don’t…
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“Where was the magic in my own life?” Quarantine Diaries, Memphis: Kristin Jones
A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine Here we are again. These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were…
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“My house was starting to seem so small.” Quarantine Diaries, Memphis: Lee Chase IV
A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine Here we are again. These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were…
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A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine Here we are again. These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: July 1, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy The loss of life weighs heavily on your correspondent as he writes another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor…
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