Okeh, okay, unpopular opinion alert. I love old buildings. Ones with unique back stories even more. I generally don’t patronize chain restaurants and ...(More)
The World Comes to Stone Mountain, Summit of a New South
Sixty-one years after Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed, “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia,” a diverse community thrives atop Stone Mountain, a mountain still considered emblematic of Old South racism by some. This website humbly attempts to illustrate freedom ringing at long last and to celebrate all of the new faces that are reclaiming the mountain.
Walker Hancock, A Monuments Officer In Stone Mountain
Now wrap your brain around this one, on this the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. The final renowned sculptor awarded the ...(More)
In Bloom With Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker, & Valerie Boyd
Writers converge upon my mind today, like "tale"winds of March. Today marks the centennial of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's rebirth of wonder. 100 ...(More)
“Framing Shadows/Framing Lives: A Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation”
Last Saturday I arrived early for a research appointment at Emory's Rose Library, so I took the stairs up to the third floor of the Woodruff Library ...(More)
Banned Books Week | Flannery O’Connor & Stone Mountain
Banned Books Week (Sept. 23-29, 2018) is as good a time as any to bring up one of Georgia's and the nation's most praised Southern writers, Flannery ...(More)
An Uncrowned King: Uncovering the Bridges of W.W. King
Less than two years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of freedom ringing from Stone Mountain in his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech, another ...(More)
See Mountains Beyond Mountains From Stone Mountain
“What’s over there?” “What’s that?” Questions one overhears a lot on top of Stone Mountain — especially on a clear day with its 360-degree view. ...(More)
Cat Colony at Stone Mountain Park in Jeopardy
The first time I saw a cat on Stone Mountain several years ago, I regarded it as an anomaly and quite a curiosity. I even posted a photo to social ...(More)
