by Do South | Oct 1, 2023 | Issues
by Do South | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, People
Amy Gibbons wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the name of her candy store, Garrison Goodies. She stands in a halo of light that rushes into her business from just outside her doors at 317 Garrison Avenue, in downtown Fort Smith. Above her is the original 1895 tin...
by Do South | Sep 1, 2023 | Issues
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 | Aug 1, 2023 | Arts + Entertainment, Featured
You can love a place almost as well as you can love a person. Over the years, Van Buren has become that place for me. Walking down Main Street, I remember my mother taking my small hand in hers as we headed for Sterling’s 5 and Dime. There once was a store, W.B....