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“Turning the page: Same South, new voice?” essay by Lauren K. Denton

March 30, 2017 by Lauren Denton Leave a Comment

Essay by Lauren K. Denton Writers come from everywhere, yet it seems the South produces them at a higher rate than usual. Here, we tell stories—those we make up and others that have been passed down through generations. Maybe it’s easier—or more necessary—to tell stories down South, to put fictional lives on paper to make […]

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