from Beautiful Mountain a memoir by Cindy Marabito Daddy had come crawling back and had quit the drinking. They remarried and we all...

Henry wore his brown hair long, casually brushing against his famous work shirt collar. He was probably about forty when I met him,...

The character Liz Dupree was inspired by the magnificent Laura Dern way back when Jackson was a screenplay in the 90's...she's been...

from The Legend of Sky Diamond Skitz acted like he was kind of a weird big brother to me. At first. He was younger than Gene, but he was...

The Tin Man “But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man That he didn't, didn't already have And cause never was the reason for the...

Grace just kept on laughing. “We’re swinging.” I heard cars and looked up to see a military caravan driving down Capitol Street. Willie...

from JACKSON by Cindy Marabito So, no good ever comes up on Choctaw Ridge. I wondered if maybe that bluff Roy and J.W. were looking for...

Sky Diamond (star, Sky Diamond Superstar): It was on my fourteenth birthday when it happened. Gene had never gone of his way to celebrate...

Ok. It was 1982 or thereabouts. Maybe 1981. When was Duke's Royal Coach Inn open? We were all working at Balboa Cafe. Me, my sister...

Netflix The Lovebirds is a charming story featuring Kumail Nanjiani as Jibran and Issa Rae as Leilani. Comedian, actor, screenwriter and...

Jeanine drove a light green ’59 Rambler. It was a hardtop, but it suited her perfectly. The little houses looked like homes with no...

This day was the official execution of the supreme court decision. Even though a decision to desegregate had been handed down way back in...

The sun had begun to go down and we needed to get on the road. I can honestly say I was not sorry to leave. I wanted to put as many miles...

and tomorrow we might not be together... I'm no prophet and I don't know nature's ways... so I'll try and see into your eyes right now......

I touched the pen to my lips and tasted the ink in my mouth. I felt like writers feel. The early sun reflected off the tin signs along...

Sky began to fantasize that Steve McQueen was her father. He was strong and kind and everything Gene Diamond wasn’t. She made a special...

from Jackson Chapter 10-7 James Earl Green had been walking home from his after-school job sacking groceries at the Rag-a-Bag when he had...

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden...

from The Legend of Sky Diamond Everybody went by stage names at the Dollhouse. There were three sisters who worked there. Garland was the...

“One thing, though. When Sam lost his mother, it was a difficult time. He was strong, Sam was, but that about broke him. Something in him...