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 ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
May 30th, 2025
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Article STARLA GATSONPhotographer KELLY MOORE CLARK Sara Beth Howard isn’t just an artist; she’s an artist-activist, a title that makes perfect sense when you consider all the Lake Providence resident has been exposed to and experienced throughout her life. Howard’s interest in creativity and artist...
By Nathan Coker
In Featured Slider
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY MEREDITH MCKINNIEPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK This Father’s Day, we’re highlighting local dads who demonstrate modern versions of fatherhood. Gone are the days when dads stayed on the sidelines. In the following stories, we see fathers involved in their kids’ physical, spiritual, and ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTS PHOTOGRAPHS BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Mike Downhour and his wife, Sheila Kay, are well-known in our region. Both have enjoyed considerable success in their careers and in their lives. Mike began with the dream of becoming an air traffic controller like his dad. His second choic...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
May 30th, 2025
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Supporting the Health of the Fathers in Our Lives BY SHANNON DAHLUM, FDN-P When I think about my dad, I think about the quiet, dependable ways he always showed up for our family. He wasn’t one to talk much about his feelings, but he never missed an oil change. He made sure our cars were […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
May 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERAPORTRAIT AND RESTAURANT PHOTOS BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Ashley Keever, Krista Rhymes and Matthew Miller opened Chicken Salad Chick seven years ago. This tasty franchise has quickly become a North Louisiana favorite. Ashley Keever and her sister Krista Rhymes grew up receiving a ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
May 30th, 2025
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article by Cindy G. Foust Happy June to our BayouLife community, as we welcome this month with some cooler temperatures and celebrate school being out for the summer. Really? Yes, just like that, someone pushed the fast forward button, and it’s time again for summer vacations, pool parties and sleepo...
By Nathan Coker
In Features
Apr 30th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY MEREDITH MCKINNIEPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re featuring local mothers. These women shared the highs and lows of pregnancy and motherhood, the values and faith they strive to instill in their children, and their reflections on their own mothers. A common ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Apr 30th, 2025
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review by Meredith McKinnie “Someday, when you’re old, you’ll see that the ones who came to kill us and the ones who’ll run to save us are the same.” Acclaimed as one of the best books of 2021, Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were explores what happens to the powerless when they demand power. Set [&he...
