By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Jul 1st, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSAND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Fifty-seven years ago, just days before the end of his Vietnam tour, Captain Herschel Ryan was severely wounded while leading a combat helicopter mission in the Suoi Ca River Valley. Despite losing his left hand and eye, he went on to bui...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Home
Jul 1st, 2025
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Set on a serene acre in Sterlington’s DeSiard Trace, this year’s St. Jude Dream Home blends thoughtful design, donated craftsmanship, and community generosity to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This yea...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Jul 1st, 2025
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ARTICLE BY STARLA GATSONPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Podnuh’s Bar-B-Q has been well-loved since its 1977 opening, and it would no doubt be one of the favorite establishments listed by residents of the Twin Cities. Ask a dozen Ouachita Parish natives to list their favorite local landmark, and you’...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Jul 1st, 2025
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Article by April C. DoughtyPhotographer by Kelly Moore ClarkJansyn’s preferred pronouns they/them Jansyn Jenkins, a recent ULM graduate with dual degrees in psychology and ceramics, is navigating the challenges of post-college life with resilience and passion, determined to build an intentional, crea...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jul 1st, 2025
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BY SHANNON DAHLUM, FDN-P Maybe it’s just me, but I’m seeing a lot of information pop up lately about castor oil. Social media influencers are touting the benefits of adding drops of the oil into their belly buttons for digestive health, massaging it into their face to reverse aging, and wrapping clo...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jul 1st, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I was a personality before I was a person.” For most of us, Barbra Streisand requires no introduction, but the megastar takes the liberty anyway – in a big way – with her 900-plus page memoir. If you’ve heard Streisand in interviews, you are privy to the tone ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jul 1st, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I had two broken horses…and they were the most unbroken creatures I’ve met here on earth.” I remember the moment I first registered Brandi Carlile as a formidable artist. By happenstance, I caught her 2019 performance of “The Joke” at the 61st Grammy Awards. I sat transfi...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
May 30th, 2025
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by ERIN SHARPLIN LOVE | erinlove@panachebyerin.com I am a sports mom and I love every minute of it. Raise your hand if you are with me! With that said, there are certainly days and weeks that I am exhausted and overwhelmed, but there is just something so exciting and fulfilling about watching your ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 30th, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “She had known from a young age that everyone had darkness inside – some just controlled it better than others. Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part.” Danya Kukafka’s new novel explores the media-saturated, voyeuristic world of ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 30th, 2025
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REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “If it’s possible to be fearless and vulnerable at the same time, she was. It was the thing that made her unstoppable. And very disarming.” It’s hard to not have some opinion of Madonna, a star whose career has spanned generations. So, when I heard about the new biography ...
