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    Southern Writer Spotlight: Nancy J. Cohen
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • 6 days ago
    • 5 min

    Southern Writer Spotlight: Nancy J. Cohen

    Florida author Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries.
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    Southern Writer Spotlight: Jane Tesh
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 16
    • 3 min

    Southern Writer Spotlight: Jane Tesh

    Jane Tesh writes several Southern mystery series.
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    Southern Writer Spotlight: A.C. Mason/Anne Clayre Mason
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 1
    • 3 min

    Southern Writer Spotlight: A.C. Mason/Anne Clayre Mason

    A.C. Mason's novels feature Susan Foret, mystery writer, and are set in South Louisiana.
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    Southern Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 13
    • 3 min

    Southern Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth

    Spotlight on Author Mike Nemeth.
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    New Orleans Events for LGBTQ+ Visitors
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 12
    • 3 min

    New Orleans Events for LGBTQ+ Visitors

    New Orleans is a welcoming place, a town where visitors can release their inhibitions and don their natural personalities.
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    Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 2
    • 6 min

    Writer Spotlight: Jason P. Reed

    Jason Reed writes novels about his home in South Louisiana, what he calls "a wonderfully weird, welcoming place."
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    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky

    Kimberly Willis Holt is an award-winning author who incorporates experiences in Louisiana in her youth within her stories.
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    The Falling of Age
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 31
    • 2 min

    The Falling of Age

    A guest blog post by Karen Ott Mayer, who writes from Moon Hollow Farm, located among towering trees in north Mississippi’s Hill Country.
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    Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Take 5: Get Your Read On in Mississippi

    There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.
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    Thomas Wolfe's Angel
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Thomas Wolfe's Angel

    A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...
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    The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou

    This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...
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    Follow the trail to Clovis Crawfish and Friends
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Follow the trail to Clovis Crawfish and Friends

    Scavenger hunt celebrates 60th anniversary of cherished book. Children love reading about animals and there’s something so adorable about...
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    Bonfires on the Levee
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bonfires on the Levee

    Every Christmas Eve folks along the River Parishes, what we call counties outside Louisiana, build massive wooden bonfires along the...
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    City of Hey Baby
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    City of Hey Baby

    I’ve found that many Americans hail from cities, but they move away and are happily identified with their new home. For those of us...
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    Get entries in for prestigious Gaines Award
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Get entries in for prestigious Gaines Award

    Annual literary award honors outstanding African-American authors.
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    Oxford a perfect literary weekend getaway
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Oxford a perfect literary weekend getaway

    Oxford, Mississippi, is the perfect literary weekend getaway.
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    Take Five: Southern accommodations with a literary bent
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Take Five: Southern accommodations with a literary bent

    Southern hotels that honor writers.
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    Magic's in the Bag
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Magic's in the Bag

    Powerful attraction in one small bag.
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    Take 5: Great Deep South Bookstores
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Take 5: Great Deep South Bookstores

    Five favorite Deep South bookstores.
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