Posts tagged A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018
Natalie Cravens: Ten Years of Fighting for Hope
Natalie Cravens: Ten Years of Fighting for Hope

“I want you to close your eyes and imagine waking up on Christmas morning with all of the gifts your family and Santa Claus has brought you under the Christmas tree,” third grade teacher and author Natalie Cravens tells her students at West Chester Elementary in Chester County. “Now, while keeping your eyes closed, imagine being very sick instead and waking up in a hospital room void of presents on Christmas morning.”

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StoriesMegan ShulmanJackson TN, Tennessee, Megan Shulman, Natalie Cravens, author, writing, West Chester Elementary School, Chester County, book, A Reason for Hope, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, cancer, health, family, chemotherapy, Women's History Month, St. Jude Children's Hospital, running, A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018, A Night of Storytelling
A Conversation With: Bobby C. Rogers
A Conversation With: Bobby C. Rogers

I’m seated by a floor-to-ceiling window in a Memphis coffee shop waiting for a former professor of mine. Memphis, because it’s his home turf. I watch the passersby coming and going on this sunny Saturday, and as I’m looking outside, I see Bobby C. Rogers turning the corner of Cooper and Cowden. He is a professor of English at Union University.

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StoriesJosh GarciaJackson TN, Tennessee, Josh Garcia, writing, poetry, Union University, Memphis TN, Bobby C. Rogers, teacher, professor, teaching, National Endowment of the Arts, Witter Bynner Fellow, Social History, Laureate Charles Wright, literature, The South, the arts, Charlottesville VA, McKenzie TN, West Tennessee, Chekhov, culture, Peter Taylor, George Garrett, University of Virginia, William Eggleston, William Faulkner, Jeanne Leiby, Southern Review, Charles Wright, Phil Levine, Adrienne Rich, Claudia Emerson, A Night of Storytelling, A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018
Third Generation
Third Generation

It seems like I find myself in a lot of conversations about how much Jackson is growing. You might also hear natives and non-natives alike saying, “Jackson is nothing like it was ten years ago.” I recently found myself in conversation with a new Jackson resident while waiting in a food truck line at the farmers’ market, and the California-native remarked on how young and up-and-coming Jackson feels compared to other small Southeastern towns she’s experienced.

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StoriesJosh GarciaJackson TN, Tennessee, Josh Garcia, Charlie Havner, Havner's Frame Shoppe, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, community, local, local business, local shop, development, frame, Campbell Street, Midtown Jackson, North Highland Avenue, Hicksville TN, custom, family business, family, integrity, Ray Havner, Charles Havner, work, job, craft, art, work ethic, memory, memories, legacy, home, decor, beauty, craftmanship, tradition, Tradition, A Night of Storytelling, A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018
Tilling For Grace
Tilling For Grace

I was born in Jackson thirty-two years ago to an African-American father and a Hispanic mother. Our city was a very different place back then. In fact, it was less of a city and more a small town, with a far less diverse population. Growing up I didn’t have many friends that looked like me, and it was made abundantly clear by my peers that I was going to have to choose a side. But choosing was never really an option for me.

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A Conversation with: Flying Colours
A Conversation with: Flying Colours

In between casually referencing James Blunt, discussing My Chemical Romance’s best records, and pouring over photos of the various orcs from The Lord of The Rings, Rob and Thomas Griffith of Flying Colours spoke with me this week about the band’s upcoming show in Jackson. The Flying Colours have been featured before in Our Jackson Home; for this interview, Rob and Thomas opened up about the latest news for the band and their gratitude for the support that Jackson has shown for them throughout the years.

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InterviewsOlivia ChinJackson TN, Olivia Skelton, Flying Colours, Rob Griffith, Thomas Griffith, New Southern, concert, music, local band, Alba, Jay Griffith, Austin Gray, Taylor Hare, Farro, Nashville TN, Russ Pflasterer, City Fellowship Baptist Church, PSALLOS, Romans, Barefoots Joe, Union University, 12th & Porter, local music, event, A Night of Storytelling, A Night of Storytelling Spring 2018, Flyco