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Southern Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth
Spotlight on Author Mike Nemeth.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
May 13, 20223 min read
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New Orleans Events for LGBTQ+ Visitors
New Orleans is a welcoming place, a town where visitors can release their inhibitions and don their natural personalities.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 12, 20223 min read
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Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed
Jason Reed writes novels about his home in South Louisiana, what he calls "a wonderfully weird, welcoming place."
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 2, 20226 min read
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Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt is an award-winning author who incorporates experiences in Louisiana in her youth within her stories.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Feb 25, 20223 min read
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The Falling of Age
A guest blog post by Karen Ott Mayer, who writes from Moon Hollow Farm, located among towering trees in north Mississippi’s Hill Country.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi
There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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Thomas Wolfe's Angel
A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 25, 20212 min read
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The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou
This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 22, 20214 min read
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Follow the trail to Clovis Crawfish and Friends
Scavenger hunt celebrates 60th anniversary of cherished book. Children love reading about animals and there’s something so adorable about...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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Bonfires on the Levee
The Louisiana holiday tradition lights the way for Papa Noel.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 24, 20202 min read
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City of Hey Baby
I’ve found that many Americans hail from cities, but they move away and are happily identified with their new home. For those of us...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 19, 20203 min read
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Get entries in for prestigious Gaines Award
Annual literary award honors outstanding African-American authors.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Oxford a perfect literary weekend getaway
Oxford, Mississippi, is the perfect literary weekend getaway.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 25, 20203 min read
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Take Five: Southern accommodations with a literary bent
Southern hotels that honor writers.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 24, 20203 min read
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Magic's in the Bag
Powerful attraction in one small bag.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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Take 5: Great Deep South Bookstores
Five favorite Deep South bookstores.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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