Features

42

The Big Pink Guesthouse
Victorian refinement meets the French Quarter in this quirky Clarksdale B&B

46

Charlie Capps
Representing the Delta with direction

52

Tables of Time
Still one of Greenwood's essential eateries

58

Health & Wellness
special section

68

Oxford Overnight
Make a weekend jaunt to cultural corner of Mississippi
78

The De Soto Chronicles
Hernando De Soto's trek through the Delta

104

Eddie Spencer
a changed man

Departments
16 SHOPPING
products that pamper
20 BOOKS
24 PEOPLE
Dr. Nino Bologna
28 ART
Ruth Cooper Anderson
68 HOMES
"A Room of His Own"
The Dunn home in Clarksdale, page 76
102 FOOD
"Sushi goes southern"
"Soup-er" Bowl Party Menu, page 108
In Every Issue
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136		 Off the Beaten Path
Q & A
author Ellen Douglas
Events
Recollections
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Delta Seen
The Final Word
ON THE COVER: The home of Pete and Rachel Dunn in Clarksdale photographed by Charlie Godbold. Graphic Design by Sandra K. Goff.