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Museum wanted to toast iconic, flamboyant Lexington artist. Collectors were eager to help.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHeadley-Whitney Museum Executive Director Christina Bell had a simple idea for an exhibit: 100 works...
South Carolina humorist’s essays find the odd in the familiar | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGeorge Singleton is best known for his short stories, 10 volumes of them, and especially for his...
Alabama humorist’s newest collection focuses on domestic life | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter a truly wonderful comic novel, “Eating the Cheshire Cat,” set in Tuscaloosa, in sorority...
America Has a Love Affair With Exclamation Points!
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Javier Zayas—Getty Images Crazy! Lol!! Super!!! In a nation of ecstasists that uses expressions like great to describe everything from a cup of...
Huntington Library acquires the papers of Thomas Pynchon
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rare photograph of Thomas R. Pynchon at around 18, from 1955. (Bettmann Archive) For the record:...
Sailing a sea of books: Avid reader volunteers at annual sale
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoKregg Pierson insists that he should not be considered an intellectual because he reads. From...
Dean Karau's Kewanee history: The Lyman-Lay department store empire
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter the first few years of Kewanee’s existence, two families came to prominence to create a...
High school roundup (March 20-25): Venice baseball subdues Out-of-Door
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSATURDAY BASEBALL Venice 5, Out-of-Door Academy 1 AT: Venice TOP PLAYERS: V, Nick Dunn 1-4, run,...
Oren Dunn City Museum looks to study West Shake Rag history
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 21—TUPELO — Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's new biopic, "Elvis," will give the world a glimpse of Tupelo's former African American community credited with the rock and roll legend's musical beginnings ...
The Feather Project recognizes the tragedy of Native American boarding schools
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaggie Kerrigan spends more time poring over a book than most people. The Virginia Beach artist, who creates sculptures by carving and altering discarded books, can spend weeks with one bound ...
