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
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary “I’d suggest getting your affairs in order,” the doctor told the older woman. The doc said this with no emotion. He just looked at his shoes b... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary The sky above Surry County, North Carolina, smells of burnt wood and heavy soot tonight. The atmosphere is hazed with a melancholy brown smoke... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary Somewhere in Georgia. The hotel lobby is festooned with Christmas decor and holly, and the place smells like a cross between a cinnamon bun an... Read more
By Sean Dietrich, Sean of the South Commentary “When I was a kid, we didn’t have no Christmas tree,” said the waitress, placing a hamburger on the table before me. I was in North Georgia, i... Read more
Sean of the South: You Stink
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