Lay Down Body – Scalawag
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In rural Georgia, Quincy Howard apprentices in the family business preparing the body, mind, and spirit for homegoing rituals.

My maternal grandmother’s last words to my momma and uncle, her two youngest, were, “I’m getting out of this hospital tomorrow and I’m gone take y’all down to the fair grounds.” My momma was 13. My uncle was 11. And my grandma wouldn’t live to fulfill those wishes. At the age of 47, on a […]

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