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Distinctive places, people, and experiences unique to the Delta

Stages of a Cotton Plant

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) We love cotton in the Mississippi Delta. We grow it, wear it, think about it, talk about it and are thankful for it. It is...
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Planes, Trains & Tractors in the Mississippi Delta

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) The Mississippi Delta ain’ short on modes of transportation and if a seminal sojourner is quick with the iPhone, usually from a moving vehicle, then...
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Kingfish plays guitar at Hambone Gallery Pre-Sunflower Fest

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) With the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival officially starting Thursday night at the VIP Tent, Clarksdale has already begun hearing great music. Red’s...
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The Delta Bohemian Pedicab Wedding Blues

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Hey man, wanna get married and head downtown to a reception like a King and Queen at Bubba’s Bank building? Then, the Delta...
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DELTA MAGAZINE – It’s all about the Delta

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi (VIDEO)Let Poor William tell you about the love our Delta Bohemian® Excursions recently received from Delta Magazine in the July/August 2014 issue. Editor-in-chief and founding editor Melissa Baker Townsend, Photographer...
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Whuppin’ Dat Ass Mississippi Delta Style

By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi (VIDEO) Is “ass-whuppin Christian” an oxymoron? You bet! Why is it so many of us give in to our sinful nature when we get pissed off...
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Blackberry Pickin’

By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi Recently, four of us headed to the hill country around Charleston, MS to do some blackberry pickin'. Joey Young, a local artist, good friend, and important...
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Which Marshall Bouldin do you know ?

By MAGICAL MADGE FLORENCE MARLEY HOWELLCLARKSDALE, Mississippi INCLUDES HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES FROM CLARKSDALE "For his highly developed mind, his understanding of human nature, his beautiful vision, his great executive...
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Marshall Bouldin III – Focus on a Portrait

By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTOGRAPHS How does a portrait artist get started? Watch the interview with the artist Marshall Bouldin III beneath his first commissioned portrait. (more…)
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The Mississippi Delta is for Killin’ Snakes

By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO During the summer, I chop! I chop weeds and I kill snakes—both kinds—real and unseen in the Mississippi Delta! One cannot chop weeds in row...
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What do Delta Bohemian Excursions look like?

By MAGICAL MADGE(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)  PHOTO GALLERY and VIDEO[foothumbnailgallery id="4554"]The Delta Bohemian® is discovering splendid ways to connect with both visitors and locals in and around Clarksdale via our new Delta...
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Maven in Coahoma May and Love Delights

By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Not only does she have the ability to take just about any object and turn it into something beautiful with a gift unlike one I have...
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