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  • Forgetting to Genuflect: Becoming Catholic in the South

    Forgetting to Genuflect: Becoming Catholic in the South

    Less than two weeks ago, at the nearly three-hour-long Saturday night Easter Vigil service at Montgomery’s St. Bede the Venerable, I joined the Catholic Church.…

  • ASU, the Book Festival, AUM, and ASF

    Lots going on in the next few days. Day after tomorrow, April 19, I am taking 15 students to Alabama State University’s annual High School…

  • Hard Acts To Follow

    So the schedule for the Alabama Book Festival has been posted, and even though I knew I would be reading this Saturday from 4:00 –…

  • The Spirit of Booker T.

    The Spirit of Booker T.

    Welcome to Eclectic offers long-form ruminations on the diverse modern South, education, sustainability, and social justice. With current scuffles over who gets to be in…