Who has the best original accent in the South?
Who has the best original accent in the South?
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South, Towards Home
By Porter Briggs
Exploring themes of identity, belonging, and the complex relationship with home through the lens of the American South.
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
If you are ever in Jacksonville, Florida with an extra day on your hands, drive the 67 miles to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
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How’d the Jews get to the South?
In the 1880s, Czarist Russia allowed its citizens to rob and terrorize Jews. That terror is called a pogrom. American Jews knew about it and worked to get them out of Russia to America where they’d...
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Willie Morris of Yazoo City, Mississippi
Wanna smell the fragrance of the South? Read North Toward Home by Willie Morris published
in 1967. If nothing else, read especially the first part about Yazoo City.
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A great Southern plant for your yard
2025 is my second year to have Mexican petunias growing right outside our kitchen windows. I
love ‘em, y’all.
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Is the South really different from the rest of the U.S.?
Well, yes, if you ask the Southerners at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Heck, they
award college degrees in Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, also known as Ole
Miss.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Porter Briggs heads 'South, Towards Home' - a memoir of exile, reckoning, renewal
It's a memoir that frames exile and returns in Southern terms, aware that no matter how far one travels, home keeps tugging at the sleeve.
Little Rock Soirée Soirée Holiday Gift Guide: Part IBefore the flurry of lists and festivities begins, there’s a special kind of magic in the early days of the holiday season.
Arkansas Money & Politics Arkansas Veteran and Author Porter Briggs to Release Memoir on Veterans Day...a memoir tracing his journey through war, loss and reinvention to a life rooted in love and the Southern soil that shaped him.