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January-February 2026 Issue

January-February 2026 Issue

South Carolina poet Traci Neal’s words to be featured in Carnegie Hall project honoring Black women

From the press release: Columbia, South Carolina- based poet Traci Neal is making history as her work gets selected for a groundbreaking musical composition...
January-February 2026 Issue

POEM: Steve McCleery by Peter Mladinic

He made me feel like I was part of somethingin a way I’d never felt before and have not feltsince. Part of a community. I...
January-February 2026 Issue

COOKBOOK:

Remy Powell publishes Remy's Kitchen Celebration for young chefs Editor’ Note: Remy Powell contributed articles and recipes featured in our August 2024 and January 2025...
January-February 2026 Issue

A Tribute to Bob Weir

by Neil Reisner The thread that would weave through the ups and downs of my life began to unspool in front of me on November...
January-February 2026 Issue

A Treasure of the Real South and West

by Neil Crabtree A Treasure of the Real South and West by Neil Crabtree “Tom Russell is Johnny Cash, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowskirolled into one. I...
January-February 2026 Issue

BOOK REVIEW: Riders in the Sky: Romancing the West with Music and Humor by Bobbie Malone and Bill C. Malone

RIDERS IN THE SKY:ROMANCING THE WESTWITH MUSIC AND HUMORBobbie Malone and Bill C. MaloneTexas A&M University Press264 pages “It’s the Cowboy Way.” Riders in the...
January-February 2026 Issue

BOOK REVIEW: Gary Stewart: I Am from the Honky Tonks by Jimmy McDonough

GARY STEWART:I AM FROM THE HONKY TONKSJimmy McDonoughWolf+Salmon513 pages Jimmy McDonough took more than ten years to complete his acclaimed, behemoth biography of Neil Young,...
January-February 2026 Issue

RECOMMENDED NEW MUSIC

Joe Bonamassa and various artistsB.B. King Blues Summit 100Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to The King of the Blues, B.B. King, and celebrates what would’ve...
January-February 2026 Issue

RECOMMENDED NEW BOOKS

The Irish Goodbye: Micro-MemoirsBeth Ann FennellyFrom W. W. Norton: “A new, genre–defying volume that explores family, marriage, motherhood, place, and coming of age with...
January-February 2026 Issue

THE MONSOON: ESSAY by Eleanor Connolly

I leave work to meet the head of the storm that’s all the village has been talking about for the past few days. Strong winds...

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