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“What if the enslaved were never silent?” By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Why It’s Rooted James is not just a reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It’s a literary reckoning—a powerful act of reclamation. Told through the eyes of the enslaved Jim—here named James—Percival Everett unearths a history long buried under myth and whitewashed nostalgia. Everett dares
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“What if memory never leaves the body?” By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Why It’s Rooted Beloved is a ghost story—but not the kind that simply haunts. It lingers like cigar smoke in the fabric, like memory in the soil. It tells the truth: that the past never dies—it lives in us. Through Morrison’s storytelling, we witness what
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! As a Southern fiction author, inspiration doesn’t always arrive on command—it’s something I seek out intentionally. When I need to refill my creative well, I go to the source. 1. The Local Library One of my favorite places to find inspiration is my local library. There’s something grounding about being surrounded
Peggy Arthur 