Playing Chablis

By John Berendt

by John Berendt When Lady Chablis, the African-American transgender comedienne, died last week she had made her mark in ways that neither she nor I could have imagined when we met in Savannah thirty years ago.  At the time, I was researching and writing Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.  She was working … Read More

The Soul of the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

By Amy Ferris

(Image by Preston Ehrler) by Amy Ferris Words. They can lift you, inspire you, move you, rattle you. They can shape you, mold you, flatten you, devastate you. They can cut you deep. They can rip you to shreds. They can make you brave. They can fill you with courage. They can haunt you forever. … Read More