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Cultural Appropriation
Writing From Each Side of the Color Line My new novel JOHN AND MARY MARGARET releases this Tuesday, June 8! I’ve already had about seven interviews (see all the press for the book so far HERE) and a...
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Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration: February 24-26 2022
About the NLCC The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration started in 1990, in Natchez, Mississippi. The celebration was held virtually in 2021, due to Covid. Everyone is excited for this event to...
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BIG NEWS! Book Number Eight!
Our Publishing History Who is that woman with me, and why are we dressed like lumberjacks? Good questions! She is Melissa Carrigee, owner of Brother Mockingbird Publishing. Brother Mockingbird is a...
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Wild Woman
A Footnote, the Desert, and My Quest for an Elusive Saint I just finished reading Wild Woman by Amy Frykholm. I was drawn to this book because it’s about my patron saint, Mary of Egypt. Amy isn’t...
View Article“To my darling Mama, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”–King...
Watching King Charles III speak about the passing of his beloved mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Memory eternal, Queen Elizabeth. God save the King. “I know the only way to live my life is to try to do...
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Christmas Shopping Can Be Fun!
‘TIS THE SEASON I recently posted this photo of a woman Christmas shopping on Facebook, sharing how much fun I was having Christmas shopping. Several comments indicated that not everyone feels this way...
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Decisions About “Life-Sustaining” Medical Treatment: Part I
This is the fourth in my series of articles published in the Evangelist, the print-only newsletter of St. John Orthodox Church in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1900s and early 2000s. I asked Father...
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“Merely” Bones?
“Merely” Bones? By Deacon James Elliott From the Evangelist (Oct/Nov 2003) Here’s another short piece from the print-only newsletter of St. John Orthodox Church, during the 1990s and 2000s. This one is...
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All Night, All Day: Life, Death, & Angels: Introducing JACQUELINE TRIMBLE!
For previous posts on the contributors, see these authors who were all featured in the first section of the book, “Mystics and Messengers.” Cassandra King Sophy Burnham Nancy Mardis, the Artist! Susan...
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From Object to Icon: The Struggle for Spiritual Vision in a Pornographic World
Andrew Williams: How I Met the Author I “met” Andrew Williams 15 years ago, when he interviewed me for an assignment at Holy Cross Seminary, and again last December when he sent me this email, asking...
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