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Why write “The Legend of the Albino Farm: A Novel”
Why write The Legend of the Albino Farm from Steven B Yates on Vimeo. WEST PLAINS, Missouri — At the 2016 Ozarks Studies Symposium, Steve Yates, author of the forthcoming novel, The Legend of the Albino Farm, answers a surprise question from Matthew J. Hernando (“Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in the Ozarks“).…
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A Q & A with Matthew J. Hernando, author of “Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in the Ozarks”
Matthew J. Hernando is Instructor of History and Government at Ozark Technical Community College, Hollister, Missouri. He has contributed articles and book reviews to such publications as the North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, the White River Valley Historical Quarterly, and the online journal Civil War Book Review. Faces Like Devils: The Bald Knobber Vigilantes in…
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The Golden Age: Will We Know It When We Live It?
There are very few days when I think of myself as a writer, as an artist, or a creator. As I said in this really pleasurable discussion about creativity on Marshall Ramsey’s radio show, “Now You’re Talking,” fifty hours a week I am, joyfully and willingly, the Bob Barker of Scholarly Publishing. I am Guy…
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The State Historical Society of Missouri: An Afternoon of Fiction Set in the Missouri Ozarks
COLUMBIA, Missouri — July 18, 2015 2 – 4 p.m. Research Center–Columbia Join two authors with Missouri roots for readings from their latest projects, followed by a discussion on writing with topics ranging from choosing historical fiction to literary license and historical accuracy. Steve Wiegenstein will read highlights from This Old World, which was recently…
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The Mississippi Arts Hour, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and the Mississippi Arts Commission
The Mississippi Arts Hour interview with Larry Morrisey I have been reminded by several Mississippians lately that a cardinal date approaches. Or maybe I should say a mockingbird date. This June of 2015, I will have lived in Mississippi for 17 years. Tammy Sue and I moved here from the Arkansas Ozarks in 1998. I…
Fiction and History 