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Casting Light

Southern authors hook readers in the new anthology Gather at the River

Good Talk

When it comes to challenging or confrontational conversations, is it really better to give than to receive? Having had the responsibility of delivering an awkward message as well as having…

The Man reflects on his 45 minutes of fame as an adolescent rocker

True Lies

The Man’s memory may not be long, but it is creative

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four years old, author and long-time TOWN contributor Scott Gould animated supper-table talk with his own outlaw-chasing, train-robbing adventure tales. Now he reminds us why a love for storytelling is universal, human, and soulfully captivating.

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In the Open

We’re going camping. There are four of us: the person I love and his son, myself and mine. We have spent the better part of a year loving each other,…