HeyJaredPsychedelic Literature
This is the Substack page of Psychedelic Literature and C Liegh McInnis who is a poet, short story writer, Prince scholar, and former editor of Black Magnolias Literary Journal with eight books and works in over two hundred periodicals and anthologies.
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Nolan Wells, Drinks on Me Review, HBCU Money Games, Rita B, MS Book Fest, and Upcoming Events (opens the original)
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Why I Remained Silent until Now about the Death of Nolan Wells(Click here to read the PDF version.)by C Liegh McInnisLike all Mississippians and many Americans, I became aware of the Nolan Wells case when his body was first found. Yet, since my thoughts are different from most folks, I remained silent (not writing anything) because I also know that just because I think I’m right or feel strongly about something does not mean that
Color Complex, JSU Theater, Jubilee at 60, MS Book Fest, and Upcoming Events (opens the original)
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“I can’t understand all the things people say. Am I black or white? Am I straight or gay?”“Controversy” by PrinceIs There a Difference Between Purple and Grape?from Matters of Reality: Body, Mind, & Soulby C Liegh McInnisThe crookedly contrived complexity of color isas American as colonization and apple pie.Rights and Wrongs are Siamese hybrids of
Salvation, Writing Workshops, Williams, Eubanks, JSU Play, Jubilee at 60, and Upcoming Events (opens the original)
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“Salvation: A Short Story” from Scripts: Sketches and Tales of Urban Mississippi(Published in Sable Spring/Summer 2003, Brick Street Press Anthology of Best MississippiShort Stories of 2010, and China Grove Volume 4, July 2016. Click here to read the
RIP Jackson Jazz Icon, Richard Wright Celebration, One Black Writer, Powell Book Tour, and Upcoming Events (opens the original)
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RIP Jackson Jazz Icon: For Cassandra Wilson(Click here to read PDF version.)by C Liegh McInnisIn 2002, during my first face-to-face with Prince, one of the first things he asked me was about my musical influences. After naming the usual suspects of BB King, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Parliament/Funkadelic, a
RIP Renaissance Man, Rita Brent, Two Till Commemorations, MS Book Festival, and Upcoming Events (opens the original)
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RIP Renaissance Man: For Curtis Nichouls(Click here to read PDF version.)by C Liegh McInnisI had the joy and honor of knowing Curtis Nichouls for twenty-nine years as a visual artist, poet, and filmmaker, who remained a model of innovative excellence and community dedication. Curtis was one of those young geniuses that I met when I was co-hosting a weekly open mic, Mississippi
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