By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
May 2nd, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.” Whitehead’s gripping novel is based on The Arthur G. Dozier School...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Four-year-old Wavy and her little brother Donal are raising themselves on a meth compound. The sporadically present parents are emotionally neglectful and physically abusive, as Valerie struggles with addiction and mental illness and Liam resents the children’s existence t...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Mar 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel Lessons in Chemistry showcases a sucker punch narrative laced with social commentary. With the ever changing dynamic for women’s roles and perceptions in society, Garmus looks back at where they’ve been. In the 1960s, Elizabeth Zott is an aspiri...
By Nathan Coker
In AskErin
Mar 30th, 2023
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by ERIN SHARPLIN [email protected] Take it from me, the mother of a ten-year old boy and an eight-year-old girl, organizing toys and other paraphernalia that come with having children takes constant attention (or a miracle). With that thought in mind, I formulated a few tricks for ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Dan Chason I remember the day when I could hear a bass bust from half a mile. I chased them like there was no tomorrow. I thought they were the biggest challenge next to a strutting turkey or a big buck. That was until I started crappie fishing. You see, my dad was ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Shannon Dahlum, FDN-P Your adrenal glands are two small, triangular shaped glands that sit above your kidneys, and they’re responsible for producing hormones that help regulate the stress response and manage blood sugar, among other essential functions. During the stress response, the adre...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Benjamin Hickey never knows what his workdays will bring, but he doesn’t mind. The unpredictability keeps things fun and engaging, and thinking outside the box to get the job done satisfies his urges to create. As the curator of collections at ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Vanelis Riveraphotography by Kelly Moore Clark When Marcela Carmichael’s husband, Nathan Carmichael, started Carmichael’s Honey LLC in 2013, she was still working as a registered nurse. On occasion, she would contribute to the company, doing “a few things on the side,” but it wasn’t until ...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Kidz
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Cindy G. Foust Ideas for Entertaining Young Travelers Travel, travel, travel…is there anything more fun and exciting than loading your “crew” up in the “family truckster” (I have a feeling I will be referencing Clark Griswold a lot in this month’s column) and heading out for a 22-hour cros...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Mar 30th, 2023
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article by Georgiann Potts photography by Kelly Moore Clark An artist’s zest for life, love and family. Ann Merriman Cline has come home once again. Over her life she has lived in faraway places and has made many friends in all of them. Even though she has lived on both coasts and abroad, a patt...
