Lucy Mercer, Author at Salvation South

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Conquer the Soil

Atlanta’s Abra Lee is on a quest to recognize Black America’s greatest horticulturists.

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Until his death in 2019, Florida State University’s Ned Stuckey-French was a master of the tricky beast called the “personal essay.” Rob Rushin-Knopf looks back at the writer and teacher’s brilliant career.

A lost dog brings Janie Doyle face-to-face with her peculiar neighbors, who live only three blocks away—but in a world that’s entirely different from Janie’s.

It’s peach season in the South, and that means cobblers, pies, ice cream—and a Georgia Sunset, a peachy concoction that’ll drop you right into the middle of the orchard.

Some things we can let go of. Other things we can stash in the bottom drawer. But the best things can stay in your heart forever.

A few words about my long talk with the leader of the Blind Boys of Alabama.

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The language of football offers an immigrant girl growing up in South Carolina a way to connect with her father—and the USA.

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