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Graceland, at last: notes on hope and heartache from the American South
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Table of Contents
From the Book - First edition.
FLORA & FAUNA. Hawk. Lizard. Mole. Human --
The flower that came back from the dead --
The eagles of Reelfoot Lake --
The real aliens in our backyard --
Make America graze again --
The misunderstood, maligned rattlesnake --
Making way for monarchs --
The call of the American Lotus --
POLITICS & RELIGION. A monument the Old South would like to ignore --
The hits keep coming for the Red-State Poor --
Lies, damn lies, and Georgia --
We're all addicts here --
There is a middle ground on guns --
An American tragedy --
The passion of Southern Christians --
Christians need a new right-to-life movement --
Shame and salvation in the American South --
Texas isn't the problem --
Going to church with Jimmy Carter --
SOCIAL JUSTICE. What is America to me? --
ICE came to take their neighbor. They said no --
Christmas isn't coming to death row --
An act of mercy in Tennessee --
An open letter to White Christians --
Looking our racist history in the eye --
Middle passage to mass incarceration --
In Memphis, journalism can still bring justice --
An open letter to John Lewis --
Reading the New South --
These kids are done waiting for change--
ENVIRONMENT. America's killer lawns --
Dangerous waters --
More trees, happier people --
I have a cure for the dog days of summer --
The case against doing nothing --
Planting seeds in snow --
The fox in the stroller --
Death of a cat --
A 150,000-bird orchestra in the sky --
FAMILY & COMMUNITY. Waking up to history --
Why I wear five wedding rings --
Demolition blues --
The gift of shared grief --
Remembrance of recipes past --
All the empty seats at the table --
What it means to be #NashvilleStrong --
The night the lights went out --
The story of the surly Santa and the Christmas miracle --
True love in the age of coronavirus --
ARTS & CULTURE. Keep America's roadside weird --
Country music as melting pot --
John Prine: American oracle --
So long to Music City's favorite soap opera --
"Beauty herself is black" --
The day the music died --
After war, three chords and the truth --
Proud graduate of State U --
And play like a girl she did --
What is a Southern writer, anyway? --
Graceland, at last.
From the Audio CD - Unabridged.
The flower that came back from the dead --
The eagles of Reelfoot Lake --
The real aliens in our backyard --
Make America graze again --
The misunderstood, maligned rattlesnake --
Making way for monarchs --
The call of the American Lotus --
The hits keep coming for the Red-State Poor --
Lies, damn lies, and Georgia --
We're all addicts here --
There is a middle ground on guns --
An American tragedy --
The passion of Southern Christians --
Christians need a new right-to-life movement --
Shame and salvation in the American South --
Texas isn't the problem --
Going to church with Jimmy Carter --
ICE came to take their neighbor. They said no --
Christmas isn't coming to death row --
An act of mercy in Tennessee --
An open letter to White Christians --
Looking our racist history in the eye --
Middle passage to mass incarceration --
In Memphis, journalism can still bring justice --
An open letter to John Lewis --
Reading the New South --
These kids are done waiting for change --
Dangerous waters --
More trees, happier people --
I have a cure for the dog days of summer --
The case against doing nothing --
Planting seeds in snow --
The fox in the stroller --
Death of a cat --
A 150,000-bird orchestra in the sky --
Why I wear five wedding rings --
Demolition blues --
The gift of shared grief --
Remembrance of recipes past --
All the empty seats at the table --
What it means to be #NashvilleStrong --
The night the lights went out --
The story of the surly Santa and the Christmas miracle --
True love in the age of coronavirus --
Country music as melting pot --
John Prine: American oracle --
So long to Music City's favorite soap opera --
"Beauty herself is black" --
The day the music died --
After war, three chords and the truth --
Proud graduate of State U --
And play like a girl she did --
What is a Southern writer, anyway? --
Graceland, at last.
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Contributors
Bean, Joyce narrator
ISBN
9781571311849
157131184
9781713650980
157131184
9781713650980
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