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Newer posts →. November 6, 2015 · 4:47 pm. I call him Uncle Bill when talking to myself, not because of any blood kinship, but because, in so many ways, it seems that any of us who attempt to tell stories about the South in general or Mississippi in particular, are beholding to him, like a favorite uncle whose influence is neither gentle or harsh but always profound, always there in the background. Filed under William Faulkner. Tagged as William Faulkner. November 2, 2015 · 3:15 pm. I had been interviewe...

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Paria Canyon 2016 | jamesgregorycatledge

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An Open Letter To Americans →. May 23, 2016 · 3:15 pm. It was just after 1:00 PM on Thursday, April 21, 2016, when Stuart greeted me with a big grin and hug in the tiny airport in St. George, Utah. He was clad in his usual travel attire, convertible cargo pants topped with a Hawaiian shirt. Vergil had already realized that he had forgotten his fleece hat and asked us to pick one up for him when we went to Sportsman’s Warehouse for fuel. That was noteworthy as he always forgets something, even his boo...

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The First Edit | jamesgregorycatledge

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Late Afternoon, Thanksgiving Day. December 2, 2016 · 2:43 pm. To begin with, writing a novel, particularly if one has literary as opposed to purely commercial pretensions, is an act of, if not hubris, at least egotism. It is your first novel, and you think it is good. You do not have an editor much less a publisher, so maybe you share it with a circle of writer friends or with family and friends whose opinion you value, but share it you do, and you receive feedback. Perhaps a few found you syntax convolu...

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An Open Letter To Americans | jamesgregorycatledge

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Late Afternoon, Thanksgiving Day →. November 11, 2016 · 2:51 pm. An Open Letter To Americans. I have carefully and intentionally kept silent during the entire divisive 2016 election cycle, but the post-election vitriol, the hurt and sense of loss, the sense of frustration and vindication, and the prospect of an even further divided country compels me to speak. Make America great again? America is continually being made great, not just by one person in the White House, but by Americans, Americans of all s...

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Late Afternoon, Thanksgiving Day | jamesgregorycatledge

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An Open Letter To Americans. The First Edit →. November 25, 2016 · 3:26 pm. Late Afternoon, Thanksgiving Day. Late Afternoon, Thanksgiving Day. Late afternoon, Thanksgiving Day. 5:09 post meridian to be exact. Exactitude unrequired yet oddly noted. Backyard air inert but tangible. Bereft of the just-set sun’s last rays. Yet holding the fading light of dying day. Hovering among columns of dark trunks. Trapped under autumn’s lingering canopy. Glowing golds, riotous scarlets, exhausted browns. This season o...