With Gravity Changes, the winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize has channeled the quirkiness of his hometown into tightly-written, mind-stretching stories that feature children who walk on walls, lightbulbs as romantic partners and yaks that talk.
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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The art of activism
Artist Niki Johnson continued to use her international platform to showcase large-scale works that bring attention to the themes of cultural power, sexual politics and reproductive freedom.
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How will you spend a Day Without a Woman?
This Wednesday, March 8, organizers have called for a united action to bring attention to the value of women—our unrecognized labor, our creative contributions and our hard-earned, 79-cents-to-every-one-a man-earns-dollars—by way of our absence.
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GnomeCon games it old school
YOU CAN keep your Pokedex and Twitch livestreams; Alex Moreschi wants to play with actual cards and hand-maneuvered game pieces. The ordained minister and game aficionado prefers analog over digital […]
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Who’s your Buddy?
While I’m sure there were plenty of people who earnestly thought they’d get actual answers to their concerns about healthcare and POTUS’ taxes, many appeared to be there to specifically protest Carter’s well-documented views on the environment, border control and reproductive choice.
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Poet Emily Rosko: ‘The distillation of a difficult state of mind’
“Poetry, at its best, ought to shake us out of our habits of convenience and our typical patterns of thought. When I say this, though, I am not saying that poetry has to be highly erudite or has to evade meaning in order to be good.”
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Alternative facts vs. a more complete reality
There’s a lot of talk about capital-T Truth lately, though it seems like facts aren’t necessarily as important as gaining control of the narrative. And the way to do that is to, well, narrate.
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Defending the Cookie Title
EXACTLY 100 years ago, Girl Scouts of America founder Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low heralded another brilliant idea. The forward-thinking Savannahian had already established her pioneer organization for young women five […]
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Healthy Homes Happy Families Expo offers practical ideas for families from local experts
From non-toxic cleaning options to chiropractors to relaxation techniques, the day promises a wealth of information that’s easy to digest for frazzled parents.
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Savannah Book Festival: Jay McInerney’s Bright Star
McInerney was once as famous for his party game as his storytelling skills.
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Fair housing’s fearful fate?
The drama in D.C. brought plenty of reason to drive the civically-minded to drink this week, from the bought-and-paid confirmation of Betsy DeVos to Gestapo-like ICE round-ups to the attempted […]
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SCAD’s deFINE ART: The (Color) Theory of Everything
MANY ARTISTS use color as a vehicle for expression, picking shades from the infinite palette and juxtaposing hues for aesthetic effect. But legendary Venezuelan designer Carlos Cruz-Diez has spent more […]