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Jan 12, 2025 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
I’m writing from Compson, Mississippi. Thanks to William Faulkner, you might recognize the name, but you won’t find “Compson” on any maps. The fictional town exists only in the pages of my fourth novel. Mississippi Blue 42 doesn’t hit shelves until August 5th, 2025, but since it’s a new year, I wanted to give you the inside scoop on my new book.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
couriernews.com | Eli Cranor
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
I’m writing from the Twisted Tater Dog line at Silver Dollar City. A Twisted Tater Dog is a hotdog on a stick that runs straight through the heart of thirty or so thinly sliced potatoes. The whole thing is flash fried and costs $11.99. Judging by the line, which spans the length of Jingle Bell Junction, one might think that Twisted Tater Dogs are going for a steal. Four hours into our Silver Dollar City excursion (thirty minutes of which I’ve spent standing in this line), I’m not so sure about that.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
arkansasonline.com | Eli Cranor
I'm writing from the Twisted Tater Dog line at Silver Dollar City. A Twisted Tater Dog is a hotdog on a stick that runs straight through the heart of 30 or so thinly sliced potatoes.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
couriernews.com | Eli Cranor
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
I’m writing from the morning after an eight-year-old girls’ sleepover. It’s still early, a little past five, but two of them are whispering already. A different two are back home in their own beds. One was never planning to stay, the other didn’t like the ghost story I told around the fire pit. Then there’s the one that was up most of the night but was determined to complete the mission and actually “sleep over.” She’s still asleep, of course.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
couriernews.com | Eli Cranor
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
I’m writing from Tucker Coliseum. My first ever concert — Nickelback, in the year 1999 — took place in this same venue, the home of the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team. The Golden Suns play here too, but the hundreds of elementary-aged kids in the seats today are here to watch the Wonder Boys play ball. It’s my daughter’s 2nd grade field trip. My wife is in attendance too. As soon as I finished teaching my “Modern Crime Novel” class, I hustled over.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
The irony felt perfectly feline. There were no fireworks, no great rescue. He just walked back into our yard, our lives, and we weren’t even home. A neighbor texted us a picture while we were at a Buckets ‘n’ Boards show. Part comedy, part musical, the performance provided a much needed distraction. I was more upset than the rest of the family, even my daughter, who’d asked for a “witch’s cat” for her fourth birthday and received a kitten-sized version of Binx.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
knoxvilledailysun.com | Eli Cranor
I’m writing from a cat-less office. It doesn’t feel right. Usually, my black cat Binx is in my lap while I’m writing this column, or asleep atop the printer. Usually, he’s the first one to greet me when I walk into my office. Not today. Today, there were no little claws scraping at the window screen, no yellow eyes peering up at me through the glass. Binx wasn’t around yesterday, either, but I didn’t start to worry until today. He’s a tomcat after all. I told myself he was just out catting around.
