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The Magnolia Dispatch is a front-porch conversation about the things shaping our lives: politics, place, books, belief, justice, comfort, and the complicated work of being human in the modern South.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 9
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Roll the Credits: The Bear (opens the original)
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It is Fall. I’ve Decided. (opens the original)
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I have decided that it is fall. I understand that the weather may not currently support this conclusion.That feels like the weather’s problem.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="594" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a4DA!,w_1456,c_lim
How Did I Get Here? (opens the original)
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I have been a reader for as long as I can remember. And I don’t mean a normal reader. I mean the kind of child who understood that reading could be converted into personal pan pizzas and therefore approached the Accelerated Reader program with the intensity of an SEC football coach recruiting a five-star quarterback.There were points to earn. There were pizzas at stake. I had a mission.By middle school, I had essentially exhausted what our school library had to offer me and was one of the few st
The Sounds of My Childhood (opens the original)
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I cannot remember the first time I heard Dolly Parton.There was no moment of discovery, no first song that stopped me in my tracks, no older cousin handing me an album and telling me I needed to listen. By the time I was old enough to notice music, Dolly was already there.She was part of the sounds of my childhood.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1olO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
For The Record: Daughter From Hell (opens the original)
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