Poverty Is A Great Equalizer

She Was Pondering The Option Of Law School, The Great American Baby-sitter For Directionless Postgrads.

I Was On The Verge Of Tears, So I Turned And Ran Past The Trailer And Along The Field Road Until I Was Safely Out Of Their Sight. Then I Ducked Into The Cotton And Waited For Friendly Voices. I Sat On The Hot Ground, Surrounded By Stalks Four Feet Tall, And I Cried, Something I Really Hated To Do.

I'm A Christian, And Those Beliefs Occasionally Come Out In The Books.

Very Few Writers Understand The Complex History And Maddening Social Order Of The Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, Though, It's Home Turf. He Is Wickedly Observant, Funny, Cynical, Evocative, And He Possesses A Gift That Cannot Be Taught: He Can Tell A Story.

It's As If We Spend Our Entire Lives Avoiding Jell-o But It Is Always There At The End, Waiting.