Ep. 183 - The Old Ozarks - Pie-Balds and Poetry (S1: E8)
Welcome to the Old Ozarks with Dr. Brooks Blevins...
What exactly is a “bald knob”? Let's follow that winding road straight into the remarkable, overlooked life of Mary Elizabeth Mankey: a postmaster, storekeeper, poet, and hill-country philosopher who captured the soul of the Ozarks (and the country) like few ever have.
Yet despite that brief flicker of national fame, Mary Elizabeth returned to her quiet life, eventually writing until her final days in Branson. Her poems are among the region’s most genuine literary treasures. This episode is a tribute not just to a poet, but to the…
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