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Wild Bill’s New Plan: That Other Week-Old Challenge Just Didn’t Feel Right

Poor William helping sandbag the weir on the Sunflower River in Clarksdale. Photo by The Delta Bohemian By POOR WILLIAM Poor William, with his manic self,...
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Taming the Mississippi River: A God-Given Mandate?

Cows grazing on top of an next to the Mississippi River Levee near Friars Point, MS during the Mississippi River Flood of 2011. Photo by The...
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Some Dogs Got to be Walked!?!

By POOR WILLIAM Poor, Poor William has been insanely busy with his three jobs as of late and preparing for the awesome 8th Annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival being held...
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Delta Bohemian’s MR. MARCH 2011

The Delta Bohemian's MR. MARCH 2011  →VIDEO AND PHOTOS INCLUDED← Ding, Ding, school was out this past Monday for Clarksdale teacher and local artist Joey Young, who accompanied the following Delta...
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Water Wars – Will They Make it to the Mississippi Delta?

(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By LIL JOHN MCKEE EDITORS NOTE: John McKee is a representative from Coahoma County to the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District (YMD). This thesis, including problem...
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The Perfect Triangle: 30, 40, 50

(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By POOR WILLIAMWhat do the numbers 30, 40, and 50 have to do with the perfect triangle? Well, Poor William, the well-known Girth Meister, just eased up a...
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Delta Dirt: Sand, Clay, and a River’s Love

By Lil John McKee (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Billy Howell, the Blogging Bohemian and editor-in-chief of www.deltabohemain.com, happens to be the writer’s best and oldest friend, which should indicate to the reader...
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Precisely!

By Lil John McKeeGuest Bohemian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Precisely. Following is an excerpt from an interview done last fall in the Clarksdale Press Register by the chief Delta Bohemian himself, Billy...
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Mississippi, Dixie Beer, Sweet Lucy, Ducks and Guns

The following submission for DINGUS BATTICUS’ column was a result of Lil John McKee’s recent duck hunting and beer swilling weekend with some college football teammates from over 30 years...
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Farming Haikus

(Clarksdale, Mississippi) By Lil John McKee This installment of Lil John’s Ag Corner (or whatever you homies want to call it) owes its origins to my favorite agricultural humorist, Mack...
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Rain is a Good Thing in the Mississippi Delta

(Clarksale, Mississippi) “ Hey John, I really have been praying for rain; I hope you get some...I watch the Weather Channel every day” “Uh.....thanks, Mama, but it’s close to harvest...
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