reviving the truth. exposing the ghosts of the past
Megan D. Prestridge
Come Stay Awhile
Hey y’all. I’m Megan D. Prestridge, Southern writer with something to say about how things have always been and how things should be.
Tradition and truth are not the same thing, and being direct is not the same as being ugly.
Dirt Water Revival & Other Mostly True Stories
Dirt Water Revival and Other Mostly True Stories began as my thesis love child.
The stories and essays in Dirt Water detail the lives of two sisters surviving the consequences of others’ actions. Through grit only cultivated and incubated in the South, these girls take back what was ripped away.
Tracking in the Mud
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I Can't Swim
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Mother, Must I
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Most People are Good
