Cheré Dastugue Coen
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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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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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Aug 25, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
Magic's in the Bag
Powerful attraction in one small bag.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Take 5: Great Deep South Bookstores
Five favorite Deep South bookstores.
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