The Sidebar: Willy Bearden on his memoir
The Memphis historian describes his new book as Mississippi Delta pool hall existentialism.
Topic: Rolling Fork
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August 2024
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July 2023
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Bearden: Three Months On: The Rolling Fork Tornado
“What is emerging in Rolling Fork is a story of both optimism and uncertainty. Can this community, which was already struggling, come back?”
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April 2023
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Willy Bearden: Dispatch from Rolling Fork
“The sound of Rolling Fork was the sharp drone of chainsaws as volunteers with equipment went house-to-house, cutting and dragging debris out to where it could be picked up.”
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Willy Bearden: The last episode from Rolling Fork, for now
“As bad as it was last Saturday morning, it’s bound to get worse for my hometown. Nothing is working the way it should ... And it was already a town in the vice grip of extreme poverty.”
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March 2023
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Of small towns and tragedies: Memories of Rolling Fork before the tornado
“I’m from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in what I like to call the Deep Delta. It is the place that made me. It is the place that gave me the confidence to do all the things I’ve dreamed of and accomplished.”
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Olive Branch collecting supplies for Mississippi tornado victims
As Mississippi cities strive to recover from recent storms, the City of Olive Branch is collecting needed goods to help the Mississippians affected by the devastating weather.
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