In honor of National Poetry Month, UAB professor emeritus James Mersmann reads a poem from his collection, "Straying Toward Home," about the last hours of his mother's life.
Rod Brasfield: Internet Immortality for Grand Ol' Opry Comedian?
It took him years of agony and a new generation of anti-psychotic medications,
but songwriter Ben Arthur finally achieved a victory over schizophrenia.
What happens when your whole LP collection meets with an unfortunate
plumbing accident? An eclectic mix of music you might call "Wet Vinyl."
You might think of him as "The Southern-Fried Sasquatch." But the actual
name of the main character in Steve Rudd's mystery novel is the eponymous
"Sooty Man."
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and
awareness. Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The Zen of Cappuccino."
At
Bevill State's annual "Read Alabama!" festival, Short reads
a story from his new collection "Turbo's Very Life." The story,
titled "Fesser and the Car Tags," is in the form of a letter
home from a nice young Walker County guy named Leroy Milby who is sent
to prison after being caught growing marijuana.
'Magic Bus' on a Mission: Free Food to Those in Need
Alabama
singer/songwriter Lamar Morris spent 15 years traveling the world as
band leader for Hank Williams Jr., but there's also a treasure trove
of Lamar's original music...including this unreleased song, "Picking
Me Up," heard here in a living-room performance.
Some good stories can stretch out for an hour or more. But others can
squeeze an entire beginning, middle, and end into exactly 75 seconds.
Skeptical? Check out this offering from Alabama storyteller Kathryn
Tucker Windham, recorded live onstage at the Selma Tale-Tellin' Festival...
For
many of us, there's a specific place and time in our past that's more
immediate and real to us than our current everyday lives. Dale Short's
particular "Place in Time"
is a haunted drive-in in Jasper, Alabama.
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness.
Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The
Zen of Little Richard."
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness.
Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The Zen of the Chattering
Mind."
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and
awareness. Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The Zen of Cappuccino." 
At
Bevill State's annual "Read Alabama!" festival, Short reads
a story from his new collection "Turbo's Very Life." The story,
titled "Fesser and the Car Tags," is in the form of a letter
home from a nice young Walker County guy named Leroy Milby who is sent
to prison after being caught growing marijuana. 
Alabama
singer/songwriter Lamar Morris spent 15 years traveling the world as
band leader for Hank Williams Jr., but there's also a treasure trove
of Lamar's original music...including this unreleased song, "Picking
Me Up," heard here in a living-room performance.
Some good stories can stretch out for an hour or more. But others can
squeeze an entire beginning, middle, and end into exactly 75 seconds.
Skeptical? Check out this offering from Alabama storyteller Kathryn
Tucker Windham, recorded live onstage at the Selma Tale-Tellin' Festival...
For
many of us, there's a specific place and time in our past that's more
immediate and real to us than our current everyday lives. Dale Short's
particular "Place in Time"
is a haunted drive-in in Jasper, Alabama. 
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness.
Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The
Zen of Little Richard."
Even
if you don't meditate, there are still any number of situations in everyday
life that require--or create--an almost Zen-like level of focus and awareness.
Call it "Ordinary Zen". Here, "The Zen of the Chattering
Mind."