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| Dot Leverett of Nashville samples her Cracker Queen Red lipstick. |
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| Les Leverett, former longtime official photographer for the Grand Ole Opry, models his Cracker Queen hat. |
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| September 2008 |
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| That’s Nancy Dorman-Hickson
(at left), the freelance writer for Southern
Living. We were standing near the site of the
Annual Redneck Games in East Dublin, GA. |
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Queen Terry Hannon, seen in Washington,
DC, August 2008 |
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| This is one Whup-Ass Woman. She's
a retired lieutenant colonel, a Lutheran minister,
and an all-around take-charge phe-nom. (She's also
a fine sister-in-law.) |
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| Laughing Hard in Moultrie, Georgia
(May 2008) |
These women were great fun |
With Gay Antoun, a fantastic lady and insatiable reader |
Oh how I appreciate fab audience members like these |
That’s Mama and Terry Jackson |
With Cynthia Ingram, one of the most enthusiastic and supportive audience members
I have ever come across. Cynthia, you RULE |
 My
sunglasses aren’t too loud are they? (March
2008)
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Look closely at the baby’s
bib: she’s wearing a Cracker Queen bib |
 Better
than mother’s milk
(February
2008) |
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 Doing
my CQ thing at a fundraiser in
Georgia, July
2007 |
 Gone
to the dogs. Eboe, who reigns from Seattle, gives
the CQ his full endorsement. (July 2007)
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 Doesn't Bill Shinker, President & Publisher
of Gotham Books (Penguin), look spiffy in his CQ
trucker hat? Keep on truckin'!
(May
2007) |
 Ray
Lee enthusiastically models the latest fashion
trend in Greenwich Village. He stars in MAMMA
MIA!, the Broadway show based on ABBA songs.
(March 2007)
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 One
of my favorite sights: rusted old junk cars (March
2007) |
.jpg) The Fabulous Diana Morrison, the first
to be inducted into the Cracker Queen Hall of Fame,
shows us that she still has it. She is holding a
photo from her Induction Ceremony in 2002. (February
2007)
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 It takes a real man to wear the
Cracker Queen hat. (December 2006) |
 The
Cracker Queen: Because bad choices make GREAT stories.
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 Photo shoot outtake, October 2006 |
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| Dacia Moore and Misty Hayes at the CQ Show on July
22, 2006 |
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Denise Martin of Vermont demonstrates that Yankees
can most certainly be
Cracker Queens. She's seen here in Alaska. |
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| For more information about this performance, please
email me or visit their
website. |
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| Oh the places I go in my '62 Mercury Comet. |
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| A recovering Southern Belle, queenly Regina Anne
displays her raiment just south of Cape Horn on
Saturday afternoon, March 4, 2006. |
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| Cracker Queen t-shirt seen on a boat in North
Florida |
Paying homage to Erskine Caldwell, author of Tobacco
Road and God's Little Acre. Although
largely misunderstood, he will always be known
for his grim and accurate depictions of Cracker
life.
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 In
the studio, late-2005
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 Mama’s
take on men
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Seen near my grandmother’s grave in
Middle Georgia |
Wild women and a few randy men: the audience
at the Springfield Library, April 2005
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After the CQ show at the Hinesville Library,
April 2005. This woman got the award for best
response to “You might be a Cracker Queen
if…” Her response is based on
a true story, which makes it all the better: “You
might be a Cracker Queen if the government
has come to talk to you about your arsenal.” |
 I
loved this Cracker Daddy, and he loved me right
back. Hinesville Library, April 2005. |
March 2005 Photo Shoot
We're going global: Alan Hall of Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia,
spreads the gospel in Queenstown, New Zealand, March 2005.
Spring 2005 CQ Gigs: April 15 @ the Springfield
Library & April 16 at the Hinesville Library. Both readings
will begin at 7pm.
“You might be a Cracker Queen if…” Contest Email your
best “You might be a CQ if” joke, and I’ll
send you an appropriately trashy Cracker Queen prize. Every
entrant will receive a gift.
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I met these delightful women at the Yeats
Winter School in Ireland in January 2005. From left to
right: Cathleen, Angela, and Margaret toast to the genius
of William Butler Yeats. |
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In a fluttering green poncho in front of
the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, September 2004. I wore
this poncho every day and bore a striking resemblance to
a hobbit. |
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It was standing room only again at the Flannery
O’Connor Childhood Home in May 2004. CQ fans are
beyond compare. |
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Scenes from Savannah. That’s Mary Elaine
Jenkins at right; I do believe she’s on the fast
track to becoming a strong, smart, beautiful whup-ass woman. |
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Men such as Brantley Moate, at right, know
the power of a CQ. |
A special thank you goes to all of these folks in Savannah:
they came back to see the ol’ CQ two years after seeing
her debut at the O’Connor House. Maybe they just keep
coming for the free PBR. I “released” my Cracker
Queen CD at this reading. That’s me signing a CD for
Scotti Moore, the wild woman in red.
 
Clarksville Library, March 2004: The audience was on board before I even
spoke a word. Alan Hall brought his posse. Thanks to Wally Warren for
inviting me to Clarksville.
January 2004 photo shoot
March 25
Clarkesville Public Library
7 pm
Clarkesville, GA
Sponsored by the Habersham County Libraries
May 23
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
3 pm
Savannah, GA
Part of the Flannery O'Connor Spring Lecture Series
The Cracker Queen Makes Her Debut
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| Reading draws an adoring, standing-room-only crowd
at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in Savannah on
May 5 |
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 In
flagrant defiance of city fire codes, we packed 66 folks
in a room that officially holds 25 to 30. We had to turn
more than 30 away at the door. |
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 Diana
Morrison was the first inductee into the CQ Hall of Fame.
She received a commemorative Cracker Queen Can of Whup
Ass. |
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 The
woman in the Cracker Queen t-shirt was the grand winner
of the "You might be a Cracker Queen if…" contest.
She awed the crowd with her true-life story as follows, "You
might be a Cracker Queen if…you discover your husband's
having an affair with the school janitor when you see he's
charged the Viagra to your credit card." She deserved a
LOT more than just the CQ t-shirt. |
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 A
spirited CQ from Michigan (at left) came bearing a culturally-appropriate
gift: 5 lbs. of boiled peanuts! |
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 After
the reading, Cracker Queens swapped stories, cackled, and
guzzled Pabst Blue Ribbon (the official beer of the CQ). |
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