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Cold Case

…feeling, but her narrative is compelling and her interpretation of the facts persuasive. Lyda Phillips is a veteran journalist who grew up in Memphis and has earned degrees from Northwestern,…

The Arc of Memphis History

…King once called ‘the long and bitter, but beautiful struggle for a new world.’” Lyda Phillips is a veteran journalist who grew up in Memphis and has earned degrees from…

Setting Fire to Jim Crow

…into the future. Lyda Phillips is a veteran journalist who grew up in Memphis and has earned degrees from Northwestern, Columbia, and Vanderbilt universities. The author of two young-adult novels,…

Thunder on the Right

…Hunter S. Thompson,” according to Kirkus Reviews. “Though it lacks the stinging punch of Thompson, the book is a useful snapshot of a tumultuous presidential race.” Lyda Phillips is a…

The Things We Do for Love

…day with their guts hanging out,” writes Jason Sheehan for NPR. “It is a witch-hunt story for our age of witch-hunts. Guilty-until-proven-innocent-by-someone-else-just-being-MORE-guilty.” Lyda Phillips is a veteran journalist who grew…

Mountain Meanderings

…intimate essays capture the essence of the park and awaken the desire to follow Ben Anderson into the primeval forest. Lyda Phillips is a veteran journalist who grew up in…

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