By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary I was eleven. I was invited to try out for the Christmas community choir. A lady visited our church to conduct the auditions. I had been practi... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Dear Chaquille, Merry Christmas. You don’t know me, and I don’t know you. I’m just a middle-aged guy with thinning hair who saw your tag hangi... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary I have here a letter from Fayetteville, North Carolina. “Dear Sean,” the handwritten letter begins. “My name is Christine and I wanted to shar... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary DEAR SEAN: As an author and teacher, for over 30 years, I’m disappointed in where I see young people such as yourself taking the written word.... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary The SEC Championship football game is playing on a television in an empty living room. In this room there is no furniture, no framed pictures,... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Hundreds of people lined the hospital hallways to pay respects to Skip Nicholson, a fallen officer they’d never met. It was midafternoon. Asce... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Christmas Eve, 1978. It was late. The rural Pennsylvania highway was empty. All over America, stockings were hung by the carbon monoxide detec... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary The last thing I want to do is sound like an old fart. But some things cannot be helped. Yesterday I was fiddling with my truck radio dial, lo... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Yesterday I met Ray Charles in Albany, Georgia. He was in a good mood. I was, too. I waved at him. He didn’t wave back. I met him when I was w... Read more
Sean of the South: Hug Me
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary I wish I could give you a hug right now. I really do. I’d reach through this screen and squeeze you so firmly that your eardrums would pop. I... Read more