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Zero the Hero; or, From Factory Worker to Superhero in Sixty Days By Phillip Howerton The orientation for my new job consisted of the supervisor handing me a hardhat, telling me I was required to wear white, and showing me how to operate the time clock. At 4:30 the next morning, March 4, 1984, I began my first day of work at Mid-America Dairymen in Lebanon, Missouri. … [Read more...] about Zero the Hero; or, From Factory Worker to Superhero in Sixty Days
Three Poems by Larry Rogers The Majestic Poor There are fog lights in front of Fort Smith’s tallest building Standing in front of these lights after sun fall a man casts an eight story high shadow Some nights the homeless pass by here and pause to admire their reflected giantness before hobbling on Faith or Something Like It From a … [Read more...] about Three Poems by Larry Rogers
Submission Guidelines A juried on-line journal, Elder Mountain seeks Ozarks-focused manuscripts from all disciplinary perspectives as well as interdisciplinary approaches. In addition, high-quality, Ozarks-oriented short stories, poems, and works of creative nonfiction are of keen interest. Only electronic submissions are accepted and may be sent as a Word attachment to … [Read more...] about Submission Guidelines
Lynchings and Racial Terror in Pre-Civil War Washington County, Arkansas J. B. Hogan After the Civil War, lynchings, primarily of African Americans and typically done by mobs of white people, were common. From 1877-1950, nearly four thousand African Americans were lynched in the United States, some five hundred taking place in Arkansas.[1] It is somewhat … [Read more...] about Lynchings and Racial Terror in Pre-Civil War Washington County, Arkansas