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Jesse Davis

Memphis
As seen in: AllMusic, Memphis Flyer, The Bitter Southerner, Memphis: The City Magazine, Memphis Parent, Dispatchist, Focus Midsouth Magazine
Covers:  Music, Books, Arts, History, Entertainment, Travel
Editor-in-Chief of @memphisflyer; writer, musician, DJ; he/him
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Myth & Memory: Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer

Myth & Memory: Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the most celebrated wordsmiths of the day, and for good reason. To commit an under…

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My Dad's Health Without Wealth

My Dad's Health Without Wealth

Just before Halloween last October, I got the scariest phone call of my life so far. My dad was sick and was …

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Let's Stay Together: Jamie Harmon's "Quarantine Portrait" Series

Let's Stay Together: Jamie Harmon's "Quarantine Portrait" Series

Memphis photographer Jamie Harmon took to the streets and asked his neighbors to stand for portraits of life …

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"Never Say No to a Gig."

"Never Say No to a Gig."

Not long after I moved back to Memphis in 2005, I found myself in a guitar store waiting for a clerk to bring…

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Is Memphis About to Shake, Rattle, and Roll?

Is Memphis About to Shake, Rattle, and Roll?

Between December 1811 and March of 1812, more than a thousand earthquakes rocked the area that would one day …

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Parallel Lives: Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel

Parallel Lives: Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel

Author’s fifth novel offers quiet comfort. Its narrative is unmoored in time as it patiently reveals its tale…

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Behind the Mask: Four Memphians on the Myths, Merits, and Making of Masks

Behind the Mask: Four Memphians on the Myths, Merits, and Making of Masks

Ever since the novel coronavirus hit U.S. shores, masks have been a talking point. The Centers for Disease Co…

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Cosmic Carnage: Dead Astronauts

Cosmic Carnage: Dead Astronauts

I was in the grip of a wicked fever when I finished Acceptance, the final installment in Jeff VanderMeer's sc…

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Stone Crush: New Collection of Modern Memphis Soul Released

Stone Crush: New Collection of Modern Memphis Soul Released

"I knew from the beginning that you were the one for me," are the first words heard on "Stone Crush on You," …

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The Summer Reading Issue: The Bluff City Book Club

The Summer Reading Issue: The Bluff City Book Club

There has never been a better time for some summer reading. It's hot, it's allergy season, and we still have …

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