By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Sep 29th, 2023
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review by Meredith McKinnie “I ran my finger along his collarbone and said: I can’t remember if I thought about this at the beginning. How it was doomed to end unhappily. He nodded, looking at me. I did, he said. I just thought it would be worth it.” SallyRooney’s first novel, published in 2017, foll...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
Sep 1st, 2023
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by ERIN SHARPLIN LOVE | [email protected] If you have read any of my articles on organizing, you have heard me reiterate the importance of always being prepared. The most satisfying part of getting and staying organized is that feeling of relief and comfort that you will ga...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Sep 1st, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.” Kelly’s sweeping historical fiction novel chronicles the Rabbits – the women confined in the Ravensbruck concentration camp who were subjected to experimental surgical procedures that left survivors...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Sep 1st, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “And what was I to say? Most days, these days, I didn’t feel as though I loved him. Most days I thought of him as a problem I would have to solve eventually, when I felt like making the effort.” I hesitate to review novels set in the world of academia, a […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Sep 1st, 2023
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark The moon is high in the sky, the kids are tucked in, and the dishes from dinner have been washed and put away. For many, these things signal bedtime, especially if putting in hours at work preceded them. But for Emily Morris, they mean it’s tim...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Sep 1st, 2023
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article by DAN CHASON I remember the first LCG (Liquid Chrystal Graph) that I ever saw. I was a young, aggressive angler who cut my teeth on the massive waters in East Texas named Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend. Back then, my rig consisted of a 18 1/2-foot Skeeter boat with a 150 GT Johnson....
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Sep 1st, 2023
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article by Vanelis Riveraphotography by Kelly Moore Clark In 2018, Desi Bourgeois opened two unique food trucks in historic downtown Ruston. Grown and Grazed, which features a menu of dishes made from locally sourced produce and meats, and Yolo Nitro, an “ice dreamery” making creative, liquid nitroge...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Sep 1st, 2023
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Five Life Lessons to Help Navigate The Next Year article by Cindy G. Foust Well, here we all are again readers, at the start of another school year, except for me, dear friends, this one sits a little bit different. You see, my girl is starting her senior year of high school. Another milestone for [&...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Sep 1st, 2023
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article by Vanelis Rivera and photography by Kelly Moore Clark “So, do your interviews usually be this high intensity?” Sam Crawford asked me with a sly grin as we both stood outside his gym’s red and black boxing ring. As I leaned on the rope dividers pressing record on my phone, th...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Sep 1st, 2023
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article by Meredith Mckinniephotography by Kelly Moore Clark Born and raised in Ruston, Janie Sutton and Jeff McGehee met as kids attending school and church together. Janie is a woman defined by plans, many conceptualized when she was only 8 years old. When she set her sights on marrying Jeff McGehe...
