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Dear Mr. French …

By MARILYN TINNIN • Photos by JOHNNY JENNINGS An Indianola man’s mission to send news from home to World War II soldiers around the world

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Royalty Check

By JIM BEAUGEZ Keith Johnson, the ‘Prince of the Delta Blues,’ is continuing the legacy of his famous great-uncle—Muddy Waters      When your family

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Travel the Literary Lane

Mississippi’s unmatched literary history sets us apart as an ideal destination for bookworms and aspiring writers from around the world. The Mississippi Writers Trail, managed

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Dog Days

By JIM BEAUGEZ Joe Dera recalls his time as a high-powered music publicist      Mississippi has had an outsized influence on Western popular culture

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Austin Britt

By LEANNA MILLER •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Unique creations, clay-covered hands, and a peaceful heart      Clarksdale native Austin Britt is grateful the fine

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Big Boots to Fill

By EMMA ELLARD  • Photography by AMBER GILLESPIE How Ben Bowen Is Giving New Life to His Family’s Brand Before Ben Bowen ever ran a business,

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Historic Club Ebony

By SCOTT BARRETTA  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Updated venue will keep bringing the blues for years to come      Indianola’s Club Ebony is one

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The Son Also Rises

By JIM BEAUGEZ Tommy Collier shares a name with his late father, who was a respected artist in Greenville. But he’s a creative force in

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Jennifer Drinkwater

By MARY LEE MCKEE • Photography by ANNA SATTERFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY  Blending Art and Community to Find the Good      What’s good in your community? Does

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Libby Rae Watson

By HANK BURDINE Hippie chick from Pascagoula with deep Delta ties      “Sam, I just can’t play like you…”      “Lil’ Podnuh, you

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Out of the Wild Art Exhibit

Caledonia’s animal sanctuary hosts unusual fundraiser      A striped tail trickles paint across a blank canvas, swishing complementary colors into an intricate design, while

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Charlie Musselwhite

By HANK BURDINE “Blues Tells the Truth in a World that’s Full of Lies”      Charlie Musselwhite was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on the

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Church Goin’ Mule

By MARY LEE MCKEE • Photography by ANNA SATTERFIELD  Marshall Blevins, creating joy-infused paintings inspired by the blues, the past, and the lowly mule  

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The Delta BBQ Battle

By SHERRY LUCAS  •  Photos courtesy of ELISE JENKINS and EMMA BOND This series of contests combines fierce competition, family fun, and the best barbecue around

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Papa and Piggott

by HANK BURDINE How a small Arkansas Delta town helped change the course of American literature      It was cold in Paris in the

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Lowcountry Oyster Roast

By MARILYN TINNIN  •  Photography by TIMOTHY IVY This Hernando couple is carrying on a family tradition and forging new memories with family, food, and friends

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Bobby Rush

Written and photographed by KAREN PULFER FOCHT A musical journey well-travelled      He sings about being in love with big, fat women, being henpecked

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Walking Back Time

By KATIE TIMS Modern-day hunter-gatherers of artifacts are helping preserve the Delta’s history        This man walks back a thousand years, almost every

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End of an Era

By SARAH FOWLER   •  Photography by JOHNNY JENNINGS After a century, Lusco’s was more than just Greenwood’s oldest restaurant—for many, it was the centerpiece of

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Team Tracking

By KATIE TIMS •  Photos provided by CHAD SMITH When it comes to finding deer, Chad Smith’s dogs are on the job.      Last season,

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CARE-ing in Clarksdale

By PAIGE DAUGHERTY  •  Photos by AUSTIN BRITT Shelter built with passion and compassion is bettering animal welfare in the Delta         Deep in

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EUPHUS RUTH

By SUSAN MARQUEZ  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Photographer uses antiquated photography techniques to capture images of obscure subjects and modern-day ruins      Since he

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Back to Bentonia

By JIM BEAUGEZ The Black Keys return to their roots with Delta Kream, a tribute to their Mississippi Delta and Hill Country heroes    

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Free Birds

By JIM BEAUGEZ  •  Photography by GREG CAMPBELL Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll bands in America. Then the unthinkable happened.  

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Nitta Yuma

By KATIE TIMS Courage and perseverance have kept this historic Delta home in the family for two hundred years      Highway 61 has plowed

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Tutwiler Quilters

By SARAH FOWLER  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Created to give area women a way to make their own money, Tutwiler Quilters has survived thirty years,

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Bronwynne Brent Breaks Out

By JIM BEAUGEZ Brooklyn’s historic Daptone puts soul in her step on latest album, ‘Undercover’      Greenville, Mississippi native Bronwynne Brent has recorded at

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Dirtroad Inspiration

By KAREN FOCHT  Shaped by a love of nature, family, and  a few trips around the globe, Memphis artist Betsy Brackin Burch’s landscapes explore expressionistic

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Form & Function

by KATIE TIMS  •  Photography by LOGAN KIRKLAND Uniquely beautiful, Spence Helms’ custom knives are made to hold an edge      A fine line separates

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The Citizen Soldier

By KATIE TIMS  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Remembering the end of World War II and the stories we must never forget      

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Taking the Long Cut

By JIM BEAUGEZ  •  Photography by RORY DOYLE Steve Azar’s My Mississippi Reunion traces his artistic—and literal—journey home            Americana singer-songwriter

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From Student to Teacher

By SUSAN MARQUEZ • Photography by RORY DOYLE Inspired by her love of beauty and masterful teachers, Allyson Hardy’s abstract works have come full circle,

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Back to Basics

By MARK STOWERS Traditional Bows Keep Hunters Tuned In      Technology has invaded every business, sport and hobby with the intention of making something

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Raggio Custom Calls

By SHERRY LUCAS  •  Photography by EDWARD WALL Turning wood and building stories one call at a time.      Josh Raggio reaches back for that

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A Modern Day Resurrection

Story and Photography by KAREN PULFER FOCHT Something special is happening in a tiny  Arkansas town with “big ambition. They believe if they build it, you

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Woman of the Wild

By Cal Trout Photography Courtesy of Besty Schonberger “From the warm window sill the endless fields glowed like a hearth in firelight, and Laura, looking

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Hog Hunting

By Hank Burdine Photography by Melody Golding Danger delivers excitement in the Delta’s woods and swamps. Howard Brent, owner and proprietor of Panther Tract, a

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Taylor’s Wonderbird Spirits

Taylor’s Wonderbird Spirits By Tom Speed Photography Courtesy of Timothy Ivy Mississippi’s first grain-to-glass distillery uses Delta-grown rice. Ancient mythologies are rife with images of

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The Giant House Party

By Amanda Wells Photography by Greg Campbell Three Delta families trek over to the hills for a week of fun, family, food and a generous

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A Most Unusual Collector

By Andrew Ross Photos courtesy of Davies Manor Association Research Assistant Kim Fleischhauer and Robert Jordan of Ole Miss Communications The Forgotten Story of Julius

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Kingfish

By Clint Kimberling Young Clarksdale prodigy is blazing a path for the next generation of Delta blues. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is poised to kick down the

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Trailblazers

By Katie Tims Hiking the Appalachian Trail might sound easy. But strap on a thirty- to forty-five-pound pack and the game changes. Factor in steep

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Flatland Fly Casters

By Cal Trout Photography by James Evans “One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts

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Wandering Eyes

By: Boyce Upholt From distant lands to the nearby Delta, photographer Rory Doyle captures the wide and vibrant world. The first time I met Rory

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Turkey Season Is Calling

By Jack Orloff Photography by Rory Doyle Turkey season is right around the corner which means hunters all over Mississippi and the country are gearing

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Live Music Hot Spots

2019 Delta Magazine’s Annual Tourism Guide It’s no secret the Mississippi Delta is credited as being the birth place of American music, and it is

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Melissa Abide Griffith

By Susan Marquez As Melissa “Missy” Abide Griffith enters a new phase of her life, her art has taken on a softer, more ethereal look.

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Women in the Woods

Women in the Woods It’s game on for these outdoor enthusiasts By Brantley Snipes Photography by Tom Beck When the topic for this article came

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Halloween on Wheels

By Aimee Robinette Photography by Rory Doyle FOR SEVEN YEARS AND COUNTING, the Cleveland Country Club has made Halloween night a signature event for its littlest

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Restored, not Renovated

By Brantley Snipes Photography by Austin Britt A day trip to Carrollton means an eight-mile road trip outside the flatland, a few degrees increase in

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Precision, Mechanism & Art

Precision, Mechanism & Art The story of one man’s love for friends and fine shotguns By Cal Trout Photography by Rory Doyle “I’ve collected guns,

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Weekend in Vicksburg

SOMETHING COOL IS HAPPENING IN VICKSBURG. This town has always boasted beautifully preserved antebellum homes, Civil War sites and views of riverboats on the mighty

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Little Treasures

Eight years ago, Al Little transformed a quaint brown storage house into a homey garden shop. After working as a landscaper in Yazoo City, Al

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Prospect Hill

Jessica Crawford cannot get any more speeding tickets. The emphasis is hers. The Archaeological Conservancy’s Southeast regional director lives in Marks, and apparently the magnet

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The River

By Hank Burdine MATT’S JOURNEY  “When you set out for ITHAKA  Ask that your way be long.  Full of adventure, full of instruction…”      It

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The art of Carol Roark

Moved by Beauty The art of Carol Roark Written by Cal Trout, Photography by Jason Williams “An artist has gotta be careful never really to

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Bear Hunt Re-Enactment

1902 Bear Hunt     In the spring of 2016, a dedication ceremony was held for the Theodore Roosevelt Visitor Center a few miles south

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Langdon Clay

Langdon Clay made his initial visit to the Delta in 1971 on a cross country road trip from  California to New York with his New

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Lacy B. Johnson

By Susan Marquez With bright splashes of color, Lacy Barger Johnson carefully places layer upon layer of acrylic paint on canvas to create stunning works

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