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Lit 16: Meet M Shelly Conner

Lit 16: Meet M Shelly Conner

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Robert Jones, Jr.
Dec 21, 2022
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“Small southern towns change slowly. Perhaps it’s just the natural pace of southern spaces unencumbered by city-slick speed. It’s best represented by the southern drawl, like golden honey dripped onto biscuits. Larger northern cities are au jus, but small southern towns are thick sausage gravy.”

— M Shelly Conner, everyman

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