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Vol. 8, No. 4: Ghosts

Letters to the Editors: Hold On to Your Mule! The Oxford American Registers a Few Complaints

by Marc Smirnoff, Euell G. Brady

“To me it was nothing but musical feces.”

The results of the latest subscription drive are in, and while Southern Cultures continues to get bigger and healthier, we also are getting our fair share of off-the-cuff editorializing. Not that we mind. The very existence of this particular feature, for instance, relies upon colorful and thoughtful input, like the anonymous “No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!” we recently received. If you’re counting, you’re probably wondering if that was our first twelve-noer. It was. Lately, we’ve also had readers tell us that they “never should have subscribed” and that they “sure would never renew” and—well, you get the picture.

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