Prologue: Ghosts in the Boneyard
Introduction to Jackson, the novel Published on: September 22, 2019 at 11:09 AM This is the introduction to my novel, Jackson about the goings on in ...
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Chapter One - Grace
This is the first chapter of Jackson, the novel when Jody, her dad, Clyde and her little sister, Willie visit the girls' mother, Grace at Rusk State H...
Chapter Two - Christmas '69
In the second chapter of Jackson, Jody, Clyde and Willie face the wrath of the Luther family on Christmas night. Listen to Hank Williams' "I'm so Lone...
Chapter Three - Sojourn
Jody, her mother, Grace and sister Willie leave Jackson on a Greyhound bus in the middle of the night one step ahead of the law. Listen to Tracy Chapm...
Chapter Four - Jackson
Jody and her family reach Jackson and meet the Dupree family. Listen to Florence and the Machine's killer version of "Jackson" with Josh Homme at the ...
Chapter Five - Meet the Duprees
Jody, Grace and Willie have a strange dinner with the Duprees and learn some horrifying things. Listen to Huddy Ledbetter's "Goodnight Irene" at the c...
Chapter Six - Daisy
Jody and Willie tour Jackson and meet Daisy at the Jackson Zoo. Listen to Nina Simone's "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free" at the close of t...
Chapter Seven - Melvin
Jody attends the first day of school at the rich white high school, Murrah, crossing a policed barricade to go to class. Listen to Harold Melvin and t...
Chapter Eight - North State
Jody reports for duty at her new after school job.....at the selective service. Shit's about to get real. Listen to "Green River" by Creedence Clearwa...
Chapter Nine - Eudora
Jody and Melvin dig deep at the library to discover what really happened to Emmett Till and Jody meets an icon. Listen to Frank Ocean's heartbreaking ...