Echols: If I left Memphis, I’d be trading one kind of venom for another
Candace Echols (at the Grand Canyon) says, “In Memphis, we don’t have deep canyons that steal the breath or sandstone walls that evoke heart palpitations. But there is a unique splendor here that is unlike any place I’ve ever been.” (Submitted photo)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“There is a unique splendor here that is unique in comparison with any place I’ve ever been. It’s found in the bare and beautiful faces of so many folks who make up this space, and in the way they live in community with one another — even when it’s hard.”
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