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Sean of the South: Scouts

By Sean Dietrich “I started choking,” said Jennifer Yakubesan. It was a typical evening, some years ago. The family was eating supper before church, somewhere in...

Sean of the South: New Year

      By Sean Dietrich The misperception about New Year’s is that it’s supposed to be a happy occasion. Sort of like Christmas. Or a birthday party.  But...

Sean of the South: Waffle House 

      By Sean Dietrich The Third Day of Christmas. My three French hens must have gotten lost in the mail. The weather was a stolid 34...

Sean of the South: My Little School 

  By Sean Dietrich  It was late. I pulled into the campus after seven o’clock to attend my last class of the semester. My last college...

Sean of the South: Aftermath

By Sean Dietrich “It’s all gone.” That’s what the lady on the news said. She was an older woman, being interviewed by a reporter. Giant news...

Sean of the South: Becca at Sunrise

By Sean Dietrich Sunrise on Lake Martin. I’m usually the first one awake. I rarely have any company in the mornings. I wake up with...

Sean of the South: I Heart America

By Sean Dietrich A television is playing in a Birmingham bar. The talking head is shouting politics. Most folks in this joint are below thirty,...

Sean of the South: Daddies

By Sean Dietrich The boy holds his fish as high as he can. His father hugs him and kisses his hair. They make a fine...

Sean of the South: Resurrection Sunday

By Sean Dietrich Easter Sunday. An Episcopal church in Birmingham. Vaulted ceilings. Ornate masonry. A pipe organ. A choir dressed in lacework cottas. Individual stained-glass...

Sean of the South: Alabama

By Sean Dietrich The plane landed in Tuscaloosa at 8:37 p.m. Central Time. Coach Kalen DeBoer deboarded. He was met with an entourage of photographers and...