Self-Portrait by Mark Landis with Christen Shepherd

Did you know the best art forger in America lives in small-town Mississippi? About 10 years ago, a documentary about Landis was nominated for an Academy Award. It didn’t win, but it certainly raised awareness of the man who for 30 years was able to convince more than...

Sons Without Fathers

Buy on Amazon By Mardi Allen, Ph.D. and James L. Dickerson SONS WITHOUT FATHERS What Every Parent Needs to Know If you are a mother raising a son without a father, or a father who is no longer in the home with his son, this parenting book was written for you. Did you...

Memphis Going Down

100 Year History of Memphis Music Originally published as “Goin’ Back to Memphis,” this book was a finalist for the prestigious Gleason Award, previously given out annually by Rolling Stone magazine, BMI, and New York University. The stories in Memphis Going Down are...

Mojo Rising

Mojo Rising: Masters of the Art and Mojo Rising: Contemporary Writers, a two-volume set of short stories written by the South’s greatest writers, were launched at William Faulkner’s home of Rowan Oak in Oxford Mississippi. Standing on the front steps of Faulkner’s...

Petula Clark

Petula Clark recorded two albums with record producer Chips Moman, one in Memphis, the other in Nashville. In an interview with author James L. Dickerson, she commented, “I really would have loved to have worked with Chips again.” When the book was published, the...

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks had to change his appearance somewhat to play the role of Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s long-awaited movie about Elvis, starring Austin Butler as the King. The movie was filmed in Australia and was forced to take a break for several months because of...