Archive - Rooted Magazine

Mississippi Expat: Benjamin Morris

"Growing up here, I observed time and again that what happens to one of us often happens to all of us—which is why it’s all the more important to give…

Jul 9

Sarah LaBrie Wrote Her Memoir "to Feel Like a River Breaking Off Into Tributaries"

Watch now (56 mins) | A replay of our book club discussion of NO ONE GETS TO FALL APART with author Sarah LaBrie

Jul 7

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Mississippi Native: J. Janice Coleman

"Among other identities, I’m a seamstress or quilter, a storyteller, and a born archivist. I think there is literally something in the soil that has…

Jul 2

June 2025

Rooted Re-Run: Delana Karimi-Tavakol

"Home is where I can be authentically and unapologetically myself. Mississippi taught me that."

Jun 25

Chronicles from Parchman #12: Robbery by Default

Incarcerated writer L. Patri on the sorry (and scammy) state of prison telecommunications

Jun 23

Book Club: SPLIT THE BABY with Lauren Rhoades and Catherine Simone Gray

Our June 2025 Book Club Selection (90s Glamour Shots Included)

Jun 20

At the Synagogue in the Heart of the Delta

Rooted founder Lauren Rhoades on rekindling her Jewish identity in the overwhelmingly Christian Deep South

Jun 18

Rooted Re-Run: W. Ralph Eubanks

"Seeking to understand the place where I am from has become a spiritual necessity."

Jun 11

Rooted Re-Run: Maria Zeringue

"Being from the Deep South, I feel like I am always living in tension with what I love about this region and what really angers me about it."

Jun 4

May 2025

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