by Do South | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, People
Fort Smith author Joyce Faulkner sits across from writer and UAFS Assistant Professor of History Tom Wing at the Fort Smith Library on Rogers Avenue. The two talk easily, sometimes finishing each other’s sentences. “We work really well together,” Joyce says, and Tom...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, People
It’s one o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon when award-winning novelist Eli Cranor walks into Dog Ear Books in Russellville, Arkansas. Conjure up an image of a nose-to-the-grindstone writer, and you might imagine rounded shoulders, a gaze rising above a pair of strong...
by Do South | Dec 1, 2019 | Faith, People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Stoney Stamper IMAGE courtesy April Stamper”][/title] I was talking with someone a few months ago and the subject of religion came up. Now the common rule of law is you don’t talk about religion or politics, unless you are prepared...
by Do South | Aug 1, 2019 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Stoney Stamper image: April Stamper”][/title] “I’ve been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota”…you know the words. Go ahead and sing along. But I’m not just quoting the famous song by Johnny Cash,...
by Do South | Jan 1, 2017 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Elise Mitchell”][/title] In 1995, Garth Brooks was making waves in country music. At the box office, Braveheart was a runaway hit, and Ebay was unveiling its shopping and auction site. But something...