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Teaching and Unteaching—and Entertaining All the Way

As she was coming of age in Nashville in the 1950s, there were many places Patricia McKissack was not allowed to go. She remembers hotels and restaurants that forbade African…

Intimate Strangers

…do. There can never be too many mother essays in the world for me. Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The…

More Than Merely Fuel in a Box

…and stir and stir and stir, then top the steaming bowl with a golden pat of butter, seeking the delight and sustenance that simple milled corn can bring. Susannah Felts

A Picture of Home, Bittersweet and Ephemeral

…Nashville you might find yourself. Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of The Porch Writers’ Collective, a nonprofit literary center. She is…

Paying Attention

…glad people are paying attention. [This article appeared originally on August 3, 2017. It has been updated to reflect new event information.] Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator…

The Never-Ending Risk-Benefit Analysis

…no clothes. It’s an entirely different thing to be the only one to say so.” Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and educator in Nashville, as well as co-founder of…

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