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  • Candice Dyer

    Editorial Contributor

    Candice Dyer's work has also appeared in Men’s Journal, Paste, Garden & Gun, Georgia Music Magazine, Georgia Trend, Brightleaf: A Journal of Southern Writing, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other publications. Her essay about the fiftieth anniversary of Waffle House was anthologized in Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing. She is the author of Street Singers, Soul Shakers, and Rebels with a Cause: Music from Macon, a look at the rollicking lives of Little Richard, Otis Redding, James Brown, the Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie, Marshall Tucker, and other artists and music-makers with ties to Middle Georgia.

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Blondie Strange as the face of our city?

The Clermont Lounge’s most famous stripper is the icon of a contest to brand Atlanta

Posted on 4/11/2013 4:27:00 PM by Candice Dyer
When Reconstruction-era booster Henry Grady first extolled the “New South,” did he envision Blondie Strange as the “face of Atlanta,” or would the sight of her dolled up as a belle in pearls and white gloves give him the vapors? Read More

Furry Weekend Atlanta turns 10

A chat with FWA founder Tiger Paw

Posted on 3/13/2013 8:00:00 AM by Candice Dyer
Please don’t tease the animals. “It’s considered a breach of etiquette to sneak up and pull someone’s tail,” says the man known as “Tiger Paw,” founder and director of Furry Weekend Atlanta, which celebrates its tenth anniversary March 14 to 17 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. Read More

Have You Dined at Ford's Lately?

JCT Kitchen. The Optimist. No. 246. With his eyes now on Buckhead, Atlanta’s restaurateur of the moment gives up his recipe for success, explains why he’s not interested in "Top Chef," and insists, "I am not building an empire."

Posted on 2/1/2013 7:00:00 AM by Candice Dyer
Several architects, interior designers, and restaurant conceptualists swivel their heads to look around the room, and a couple of them thoughtfully clear their throats. Read More

The Norcross Experiment

Norcross High School is a microcosm of Atlanta public education. You couldn’t create a better lab for incubating great ideas—and this school has teachers and staff bubbling over with them.

Posted on 12/16/2012 2:39:00 PM by Candice Dyer,Rebecca Burns
Most schools in metro Atlanta are dominated by one demographic. They’re poor, affluent, white, black, or Hispanic. Their classrooms are filled with fourth-generation Georgians—or refugees who arrived in Atlanta last month. Read More

Q&A with Natasha Trethewey

A poet laureate on Southern identity

Posted on 11/1/2012 1:26:00 PM by Candice Dyer
With Emory professor Natasha Trethewey named poet laureate of the United States, discussions of Southern identity get a higher profile. Read More