Articles
Delta magazine
Launched in 2003, Delta is the premier lifestyle publication in Mississippi.
The Trials of Helen's Earth. A profile of Mississippi author Helen Dick Davis. May/June 2009
The Golden Girls from Lula. A winning basketball team from the 1950s. May/June 2009
A Toast to Willie. Celebrating Mississippi's beloved author, Willie Morris. Nov/Dec 2009
Ride with Rose, Your Friend. The iconic Rose Oil gas stations. Jan/Feb 2010
Dreams by Night and Day. Book reviewer Herschel Brickell. May/June 2010
Back in the Day. Sylvester Hoover and Greenwood, Mississippi's Baptist Town. May/June 2010
Stella Stevens: A Starlet Was Born. From the Yazoo hills to Beverly Hills. July/Aug 2010
Garmon's and the Nostalgic Power of Ice Cream. A 1950s ice cream parlor. July/Aug 2010
Handwriting History: The Palmer Method and a Lost Art. Nov/Dec 2010
The Indomitable Miss Pohl. One of the "W's" most original voices. Jan/Feb 2011
Zig Ziglar's Golden Rule. All about ZZ, the inspirational speaker. March/April 2011
History, Humor and Happy Hour. Profile of a country store in Carter, MS. July/Aug 2011
The Mysteries of Midnight. Mississippi's Oldest Functioning Cotton Gin. Sept/Oct 2011
Thanks For the Memories Southerners and their Restaurants. Nov/Dec 2011
Geez, Louise. The story behind the name of the little town of Louise, MS. Jan/Feb 2012
The Surprising Andrew Bucci. Master of Line and Color. March/April 2012
Spirit of the Old Southern Tea Room. May/June 2012
Adoring Eudora: What to Read of Welty's. Book Review. July/August 2012
Sklar's Antiques. Changing Mississippi From the Inside. Nov/Dec 2012
From Greece to Greenwood. The Ballas Family. Nov/Dec 2012
The Art of Procrastination. Book Review. Nov/Dec 2012
The Dirt Merchants. Garage Band A Go Go. Jan/Feb 2013
Scoop: The Evolution of a Southern Reporter. Book Review. Jan/Feb 2013
Teresa's Picks. Best Books of 2012. Jan/Feb 2013
The Eclectic Palette of Marie Hull. Sept/Oct 2015
The Barbecue Princess. Jan/Feb 2016
Letters From Willie. March/April 2016
The Golden Girls from Lula. A winning basketball team from the 1950s. May/June 2009
A Toast to Willie. Celebrating Mississippi's beloved author, Willie Morris. Nov/Dec 2009
Ride with Rose, Your Friend. The iconic Rose Oil gas stations. Jan/Feb 2010
Dreams by Night and Day. Book reviewer Herschel Brickell. May/June 2010
Back in the Day. Sylvester Hoover and Greenwood, Mississippi's Baptist Town. May/June 2010
Stella Stevens: A Starlet Was Born. From the Yazoo hills to Beverly Hills. July/Aug 2010
Garmon's and the Nostalgic Power of Ice Cream. A 1950s ice cream parlor. July/Aug 2010
Handwriting History: The Palmer Method and a Lost Art. Nov/Dec 2010
The Indomitable Miss Pohl. One of the "W's" most original voices. Jan/Feb 2011
Zig Ziglar's Golden Rule. All about ZZ, the inspirational speaker. March/April 2011
History, Humor and Happy Hour. Profile of a country store in Carter, MS. July/Aug 2011
The Mysteries of Midnight. Mississippi's Oldest Functioning Cotton Gin. Sept/Oct 2011
Thanks For the Memories Southerners and their Restaurants. Nov/Dec 2011
Geez, Louise. The story behind the name of the little town of Louise, MS. Jan/Feb 2012
The Surprising Andrew Bucci. Master of Line and Color. March/April 2012
Spirit of the Old Southern Tea Room. May/June 2012
Adoring Eudora: What to Read of Welty's. Book Review. July/August 2012
Sklar's Antiques. Changing Mississippi From the Inside. Nov/Dec 2012
From Greece to Greenwood. The Ballas Family. Nov/Dec 2012
The Art of Procrastination. Book Review. Nov/Dec 2012
The Dirt Merchants. Garage Band A Go Go. Jan/Feb 2013
Scoop: The Evolution of a Southern Reporter. Book Review. Jan/Feb 2013
Teresa's Picks. Best Books of 2012. Jan/Feb 2013
The Eclectic Palette of Marie Hull. Sept/Oct 2015
The Barbecue Princess. Jan/Feb 2016
Letters From Willie. March/April 2016
Mississippi magazine
Family Tradition. The last surviving Lebanese business in Yazoo City, MS. Nov/Dec 2008
50 Years of Food and Fun. The annual Lebanese dinner in Vicksburg, MS. Sept/Oct 2010
50 Years of Food and Fun. The annual Lebanese dinner in Vicksburg, MS. Sept/Oct 2010
NPR's Opinion Page & other published essays
Willie Belle's Fig Trees. The Bitter Southerner. July 2022
The Times They Are A-Changin' (Back). NPR
Spider Lilies Awaken Autumn and Years Past. NPR
A Southern Reflection on Halloweens Past. NPR
Why 'Giving Thanks' Means More This Year. NPR
Raised to Stay. South Writ Large. November 2011
A Much-Traveled Southerner on Collecting and Memory. South Writ Large. Summer 2015
My Mother's Letters. The Bitter Southerner. February 2020
The Sisterhood of Lost Souls. The Academy Stories/Admissions. January 2021
The Times They Are A-Changin' (Back). NPR
Spider Lilies Awaken Autumn and Years Past. NPR
A Southern Reflection on Halloweens Past. NPR
Why 'Giving Thanks' Means More This Year. NPR
Raised to Stay. South Writ Large. November 2011
A Much-Traveled Southerner on Collecting and Memory. South Writ Large. Summer 2015
My Mother's Letters. The Bitter Southerner. February 2020
The Sisterhood of Lost Souls. The Academy Stories/Admissions. January 2021
Fiction
The Death of Señor López Luna. Sol Literary Magazine. November 2010