Arts & Culture

Conrad Balliet reads Robert Brimm's poem, "I Could Not."

“We’d do spring cleaning, and one of the exciting times in spring was when we took the stove down and took of the long underwear. ”

When Stacy Pershall was growing up in a small town in Arkansas she never felt like she fit in. She tried to blend in. She became active in her church. That didn't work out. The kids at school made fun of her. That really hurt. Her first boyfriend was not kind either. He told her that she needed to lose some weight.