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Laymon Carter Sr. exemplified American resilience
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYou probably didn't know Laymon Carter Sr. He died on July 19. A native of Red Lick, Mississippi, Carter left home when he was 16, part of the "Great...
How an Absent Father, a Facebook Doppelgänger and Barbie Ferreira’s Baby Pictures Helped Create SXSW...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWriter-director Tracie Laymon has a lot of Bobs in her life. First, there was Bob Laymon, her...
Colorado-born national women's suffrage monument sets sights on National Mall
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTraverse the hallowed expanses of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and you'll find men. Lots...
Lake Local shooting victims honored with scholarship, musical arrangement
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLAKE TWP. – A decade ago, Angelita Laymon was looking for a scout troop for her young daughter. What...
Greenfield Farm Writers Residency revitalizes William Faulkner's land, supports MS writers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn old farmland 15 miles east of Oxford, structures sit in varying forms of decay in between trees....
America Is Falling in Love With Gambling. I’m Worried About What’s Coming Next.
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis is Emotional Investment, Joel Anderson’s column about money and how we think about it. To...
2 brothers fall into frozen pond while ice fishing on New York lake, 1 survives and 1 dies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTwo brothers fell through a frozen pond while ice fishing on a New York lake, injuring one and...
National monuments in Washington, D.C., are missing a big piece of American history: women
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWashington's National Mall elicits chills whenever I have the chance to stroll among the powerful...
How a few ‘lucky’ Wichita State basketball members played pickup hoops with Adam Sandler
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAdam Sandler is known for finding a pickup basketball game wherever he goes. The famous comedian’s...
Jesmyn Ward on Safiya Sinclair, 'Beloved,' and the Book That Has the Greatest Ending
Elle via AOL· 5 months agoShelf Life: Jesmyn WardPORTRAIT BY Beowulf Sheehan / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA Welcome to Shelf...