Gurley and Nell
My father was born in the Cherokee foothills along the border between the Carolinas in 1929. His...
Read MorePosted by Gary Phillips | Jan 23, 2023 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Personal Journeys |
My father was born in the Cherokee foothills along the border between the Carolinas in 1929. His...
Read MorePosted by Gary Phillips | Oct 20, 2022 | Poetry |
Walking to town from my farm in the country
took me days; I slept in fields and woodlands deep
Posted by Gary Phillips | Aug 29, 2022 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Perspectives |
Leonora used a variety of pronouns to describe themselves and I tried to follow, but they gave me an old-man-pass and never burdened me, though their friends who were many still argue about what they demanded to be called.
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