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Friday, December 30, 2016

21 Authors Who Died in 2016

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Some of our most beloved authors passed away in 2016. While we can still enjoy their work, it's disheartening to realize that there won...

Friday, November 9, 2012

Ellen, We Can't Quit You, Baby

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Have you ever heard of Josephine Haxton? Born in 1921 in Natchez, she's the author of several soul-searching books about the South-Mis...

Monday, March 19, 2012

The Days the Music Died

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Last week, one of our regular patrons called with a question about a female singer who had died young. He described in great detail exactly ...

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Have Any Last Words?

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Following in the footsteps of our post on tombstone epigrams , my eyes have recently happened upon the book Famous Last Words by Barnaby...

Monday, February 27, 2012

What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?

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I've had a horror of being buried alive ever since I saw the movie Spoorloos twenty years ago. (There was a horrible American remake ca...

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